One doesn't have to travel to the Amazon to visit a rainforest. Residents might be surprised that one exists right on New Highway.
Inside the Hoyt Farm Nature Preserve, which sits on the border of Hauppauge and Commack, is an exotic world of animal life.
Inside the nature center is a dark room, filled with vines, trees, snakes, frogs, salamanders, turtles and fish. Surrounded by nature's tranquility, it's easy for visitors to forget that they're right off of a main road.
The Nature Center is open from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. daily.
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