Our Pick
Posted on @rawstates
The Hempstead Plains, a prairie in New York
Uniondale, New York
AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The only true prairie east of the Appalachians once ran for forty square miles across the middle of the island, treeless grassland that startled every colonist who saw it, grazed in common, raced on, and later paved almost entirely over. A few acres survive beside a community college, and botanists guard them, because there is nowhere else in the region the plants grow.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: approximate area
This place has its own thread on r/rawstates
Read what people are saying about it, or add your own.
Is this information accurate?