Overview
The land for the Swift Creek Bluffs Nature Preserve was purchased in 1991 by the Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC), a nonprofit corporation whose mission is to identify and protect important open spaces in several counties. The preserve has two miles of trails on twenty-three acres along Swift Creek in Cary. Swift Creek Bluffs is unique because various flowers, plants, trees, and wildlife normally found in the mountains are located here.
Wildlife
White-tailed deer, groundhogs, chipmunks, squirrels, raccoons, fish, freshwater mussels, snakes, turtles, frogs, toads, lizards, carolina anoles, skinks, songbirds, hummingbirds, hawks, owls, woodpeckers, butterflies, moths, dragonflies, damselflies, grasshoppers, and crickets.
Plant Life
Rhododendrons, lady's thumb, wildflowers, sunflowers, ferns, mushrooms, poison ivy, beech trees, oak trees, and pine trees.
Location
Swift Creek Bluffs Nature Preserve is located off of Holly Springs Rd in Cary. From Durham, take I-40E to US-1S to the Tryon Rd. exit. At the third light, turn right onto Kildaire Farm Rd. Go about 2 miles and at the light turn left onto Penny Rd. Go about 1.6 miles and turn left onto Holly Springs Rd. Go about 0.73 miles, and to your right will be High Ridge Dr. Slow down and look for the small road on your left that leads into the Town of Cary lift station. Turn left onto that road. Swift Creek Bluffs Nature Preserve will be immediately to your right in the gravel parking area. The road into the lift station/preserve is easy to miss. If you go over the Swift Creek bridge you went too far.
Hours
Dawn - Dusk
External Links 
TLC's Swift Creek Bluffs
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