This 45-acre Charlotte preserve isn’t identified on maps. Why is it off limits?

If Charlotte has anything akin to a mystery spot, it’s behind a long white fence along Whitehall Park Drive.

Through all those trees is a sight that feels out of place in the middle of one of the largest cities in the South: A 45-acre swamp that magically vanishes, disappears and then reappears due to a rare geological phenomenon.

It’s known as an upland depressional swamp, and such sites are considered rare and “nationally significant,” according to the Charlotte-based Catawba Lands Conservancy…

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