DeYoung Natural Area is a 145-acre nature preserve with many kinds of habitat for birders to explore. The combination of forest and swampland hosts nesting flycatchers, woodpeckers, and herons every year. One of the best birding spots is a platform with views of Cedar Lake, which can be accessed through the cedar forest area via a quarter-mile loop trail.
Fulton Park is several miles south of DeYoung Natural Area. The small park has a single loop trail that winds by several ponds and streams on its way through the forest. It takes about 2 hours round trip to walk the paved trail from Deyoung Nature Area to Fulton Park.
