If you've ever visited Central Park, chances are you have ridden the carrousel, walked about the lake, climbed to the top of the Castle, and sunbathed on the Lawn -- and if you are nostalgic for the Beatles, visited Straberry Fields. But have you ever climbed up into the Ramble? There are 38 acres of wilderness where the city is a distant memory, where racoons and squirrels make their homes, and warblers, catbirds, and orioles rest before continuing their migration.

The Ramble is a magical forest full of mysterious crisscrossing paths:


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