To Beebe Lake (5 minute walk): From the Nevin Welcome Center parking lot, follow Plantations Road to the intersection of Forest Home Drive and cross the road to an overlook and trails around Beebe Lake.
To the Mundy Wildflower Garden (5 minute walk): Walk the North Walk footpath up stairs to cross Judd Falls Road. Follow a footpath to a staircase ascending the hillside into the wildflower garden.
To the Cornell Dairy Bar and Tower Road (7 minute walk): Cross Plantations Road at the south end of the Winter Garden and take the footpath adjacent to the Vegetable Garden to Kienzle Overlook and cross Tower Road to the Cornell Dairy Bar.
To the Ag Quad (7 minute walk): From the Nevin Welcome Center parking lot, cross Plantations Road to access a staircase and trail behind Beebe Hall leading to Mann Library. Follow paved paths leading to the Ag Quad.
To North Campus (10 minute walk): From the Nevin Welcome Center parking lot, follow Plantations Road to cross Forest Home Drive to follow the trail along Beebe Lake toward Sackett Bridge. After the bridge, climb a steep staircase, to a paved path (Sampson Trail) that leads to Appel Commons and Helen Newman Hall.
To the F. R. Newman Arboretum (20 minute walk to the center of the arboretum): Walk through the Mundy Wildflower Garden to its eastern entrance at the intersection of Forest Home Drive and Caldwell Drive. The crosswalk there leads to a footpath to the Flowering Tree Collection just inside the Arboretum.
To Cascadilla and Fall Creek Gorges: Ask for a map with walking or driving directions at the visitor services desk.
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