Tenafly Nature Center Trail
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For Assistance Call: 201-568-6093 Tenafly Nature Center Trails Allison—Yellow—1.4 mi Bischoff—White/Red—0.5 mi Blue—Blue—0.2 mi De Filippi—White—0.4 mi Haring Rock—Orange—0.5 mi Little Chism—Red—1.9 mi Main—unmarked—0.6 mi Purple—Purple—0.5 mi Red—Red—0.3 mi Seely—Yellow/Orange—0.3 mi Sweet Gum—Red/Yellow—0.15 mi Yellow—Yellow—0.4 Follow Us! TenaflyNatureCenter TenaflyNature @TenaflyNature Tenafly Nature Center is a nonprofit organization that depends on memberships and donations. Please become a member of the Tenafly Nature Center and support our efforts: TenaflyNC.org/member Thank you! TenaflyNC.org Tenafly Nature Center is a non-profit, independent, member-supported nature preserve. Since 1961, TNC has nurtured an appreciation for nature, been a leader in open-space preservation and in environmental education for our community and beyond. Help us protect Tenafly Nature Center Points of Interest Trails are for foot traffic only. Do not bring any Redfield Building Visitor Center (red building north of vehicles including bicycles and strollers beyond the the parking lot): Visit to learn more about our parking area. educational programs, read a book in our library, Do not bring dogs or other pets—leashed or observe our Animal Ambassadors, or relax and let otherwise. your children play with some of the toys. Adjacent Do not release any animals. to the building is our Bird Feeding Station, Butterfly To minimize disturbance to plants & wildlife, stay on and Pollinator Garden and an outdoor aviary with trails at all times. Stay out of streams and ponds. Barred Owls and a Red-tailed Hawk. Please do not disturb, feed, collect or remove Main Trail: Continues along the line of Hudson Ave, wildlife—plants or animals or other objects (rocks, intersecting with several other trails. It offers a soil, leaves, acorns). bench with a great view of Pfister’s Pond. Smoking is not permitted anywhere on the premises. Yellow trail: Loops from the Main Trail and leads to Leave No Trace — Carry-In, Carry-Out. Please no the floating dock, giving you a different view onto littering. and into the pond. Haring Rock Trail: See Haring Rock, a glacial erratic Please Note boulder named after Dr. John J. Haring, who made house calls in the area circa 1900. Tenafly Nature Center is open to the public seven Red Trail: Loops south of the Nature Center and days a week, year-round. Visitors are welcome to offers a selection of wildflowers in the spring. enjoy a hike along our 7+ miles of trails between DeFilippi Trail: Follows the east shore of Pfister’s dawn and dusk. For your safety, you must be off the Pond. You can sit and watch the pond from the property by dusk. shelter. There is no charge for self-guided visits, but groups Bischoff Trail: Visit the lagoon— a vernal pool that is of 10 or more participants are asked to contact us in a breeding area for frogs and other amphibians in advance. the spring. Professional Photography and filming requires a permit. See our website TenaflyNC.org/Photography Understanding Trail Markers -Filming for more information. Be sure to visit our Visitor Center building (Nature Center Building on the map). The Visitor Center is open Daily from 11am-4pm. Learn about our public programs and other educational opportunities at TenaflyNC.org .