NEW YORK, June 14 — When the Wild Walk opens July 4, visitors to the Adirondacks will get to see the region’s lush landscape and diverse wildlife from a new perspective. Billed as a “High Line for the Forest,” the Wild Walk is an elevated nature trail and interactive museum that weaves into the treetops of Tupper Lake in northern New York.

Set on 80 wooded acres inhabited by more than 70 species of birds, as well as bats, butterflies and flying squirrels, the trail consists of a series of winding bridges and platforms that rise up to 40 feet above the ground.

“The best way to understand nature is without any walls,” said Howard M. Fish, director of communication at the Wild Center, the natural history and science museum that conceptualised and built the Wild Walk.

Admission to both the centre and the walk, which is open until Columbus Day: US$20 for adults; US$13 ages 5 to 17; free for children under 5. — The New York Times