Hunt-Parker Memorial Sanctuary
Westchester Co., NY
4 trail miles
41.279821, -73.661603
Park Overview:
Home to a wide variety of birds, Hunt-Parker Memorial Sanctuary has many options for short or long hikes.
Park Description:
The diverse habitat includes open meadow, wetland, and upland forest. About 50 species of butterflies live in the meadow at various times from spring until fall.
In the mid 1970’s, James Ramsay Hunt, Jr. (a deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency), his wife Eleanor Pratt Hunt, and their son W. Barnes Hunt donated property to the National Audubon in the name of James Ramsay Hunt, III. Later, gifts from other family members enlarged the sanctuary and in 2001 a bequest by Mary Welsh Parker added another 100 acres. Her 1720s farmhouse, Bylane, is now headquarters for the Bedford Audubon Society, owner of the sanctuary since its transfer in 1990.
Trails Overview:
With trails of different lengths, it is easy to spend as much time as one would like at Hunt-Parker Memorial Sanctuary, either briskly walking or just quietly observing.
Park Acreage:
318.00 acresMunicipality:
BedfordHome to a wide variety of birds, Hunt-Parker Memorial Sanctuary has many options for short or long hikes.
The diverse habitat includes open meadow, wetland, and upland forest. About 50 species of butterflies live in the meadow at various times from spring until fall.
In the mid 1970’s, James Ramsay Hunt, Jr. (a deputy director of the Central ...
Park Acreage:
318.00 acresMunicipality:
BedfordContact Information
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Bedford Audubon SocietyPhone:
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