• Visitor center exhibition on two floors, with caves to play in, animals to touch and films about the forest; closed in winter
• Fire pits and covered seats next to the playground, free to use at any time of day or year
• S4 to Sihlwald station, about 30 minutes from Zurich, then a 5-minute walk to the visitor center

Sihlwald is a beech forest along the Sihl river that has been left unmanaged since 2000, and at 970 hectares it is the largest natural forest reserve on the Swiss Central Plateau.

By the visitor center, a wilderness playground has branch nests, rope bridges, a hollow fir trunk to crawl into and a water play fountain. Fire pits and a 2.6 km forest adventure trail start there.