The park’s six ponds are a rich habitat for fragrant water lilies and blue-flowered pickerelweed, and are home to a variety of freshwater fish including perch and bass. The ponds are in various stages of succession. The abundance of floating vegetation in some indicates that they are in the process of changing from pond to marsh. As plant material decays, it is added to the layers of organic matter on the bottom. Eventually this debris is deep enough to support swamp shrubs. The shrubs, in turn, rapidly absorb available moisture; as the swamp dries out, trees will take root and a swamp forest will develop.

The glaciated cliffs and outcroppings on the northern side of the park make the geology of Borderland unusually interesting.  Throughout the park are several easily discernible examples of glacial “erratics,” granite boulders that were torn loose from the bedrock and deposited some distance away. Another interesting feature is the glacial riverbeds, areas strewn with a multitude of boulders and stones. These areas are evidence of the ferocious energy produced by the run-off from melting glaciers.