Nature Preserves Throughout New York State
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Nature Preserves Throughout New York State Name Location County Region Summary Adirondack Interpretive Adirondack Managed by the SUNY College of Environmental Science Newcomb Essex Center Region and Forestry, 236 acres Albany Pine Bush Capital Exhibits and activities about the 3,200-acre inland pine Preserve Discovery Albany Albany District barrens preserve Center Alley Pond New York Douglaston Queens 655 acre park with live animals, museum exhibits, library Environmental Center City Amboy 4-H Central New website, 150 acres, operated by the Cornell Cooperative Environmental Williamstown Oswego York Extension of Oswego County Education Center 374 acres, features cluster of 18th and 19th century craft Ashokan Center Olivebridge Ulster Mid-Hudson shops, farm, focus on outdoor and environmental education, art, science and living history Audubon Center at Western New 633-acre park, center operated by the National Audubon East Aurora Erie Knox Farm State Park York Society in partnership with the Buffalo Audubon Society Audubon Community Western New Jamestown Chautauqua website, 600 acres Nature Center York Baltimore Woods Central New Marcellus Onondaga website, 180 acres Nature Center York Beaver Island State Park Western New Grand Island Erie 950 acres, center open Friday-Sunday Nature Center York Beaver Lake Nature Central New Baldwinsville Onondaga 661 acres, operated by the County Center York Beaver Meadow Western New North Java Wyoming website, 324 acres, operated by Buffalo Audubon Society Audubon Center York Name Location County Region Summary Belleayre Mountain Part of the Belleayre Mountain resort, operated by the New Interactive Nature Highmount Ulster Mid-Hudson York State Department of Environmental Conservation in the Center summer Belvedere Castle Visitor New York Manhattan Manhattan Interpretive center for the 843-acre Central Park Center City Brookville Outdoor and Environmental Brookville Nassau Long Island website, operated by Nassau BOCES Education Center Blue Heron Park Nature Staten New York Staten Island 236-acre city park with nature center Center Island City Caleb Smith State Park Smithtown Suffolk Long Island 543 acres, features a nature museum Preserve Caumsett Outdoor and website, operated by Nassau BOCES in Caumsett State Environmental Lloyd Harbor Suffolk Long Island Historic Park Education Center Central New Part of the Ithaca Discovery Trail, 120 acres, features a six- Cayuga Nature Center Ithaca Tompkins York story tree house and a seasonal butterfly garden Center for Science Rockville website, 17 acre Tanglewood Preserve with butterfly garden, Nassau Long Island Teaching and Learning Centre mini-zoo and museum website, Hudson River interpretive center, tidal marsh and 2- Center for the Urban acre park, operated by Sarah Lawrence College and the Yonkers Westchester Lower Hudson River at Beczak Hudson River Valley Environmental Education Institute at the former Beczak Environmental Education Center Western New website, located on Conesus Lake in Vitale Park, co- Chip Holt Nature Center Lakeville Livingston York sponsored by the Town Clark Reservation State Central New 377 acres, nature center is operated by the Council of Park Jamesville Onondaga Park York Friends Clay Pit Ponds State Staten New York Staten Island 260 acre nature preserve and interpretive center Park Preserve Island City Name Location County Region Summary Cold Spring Harbor Fish Cold Spring Trout hatchery and education center about the freshwater Nassau Long Island Hatchery and Aquarium Harbor ecosystems of New York Connetquot River State 3,473 acres, features the Long Island Environmental Oakdale Suffolk Long Island Park Preserve Interpretive Center Constitution Marsh Cold Spring Putnam Lower Hudson 270-acre tidal marsh Audubon Center 226-acre Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary, part of the Ithaca Cornell Lab of Central New Ithaca Tompkins Discovery Trail, natural history, observation and conservation Ornithology York of birds Cranberry Lake Preserve White Plains Westchester Lower Hudson website, 190 acres, operated by the County Croton Point Nature Croton-on- Westchester Lower Hudson 508 acres, operated by the County Center Hudson Crotona Park Nature New York Bronx Bronx 127-acre park, center open for programs and by appointment Center City Western New 900 acre preserve, operated by the Rochester Museum and Cumming Nature Center Naples Ontario York Science Center New York website, operated by the City in the Harlem region of Central Dana Discovery Center Manhattan Manhattan City Park Dyken Pond Capital Environmental Grafton Rensselaer 594 acre park with environmental education programs District Education Center Dyson College Nature website, center for environmental education, operated by Pleasantville Westchester Lower Hudson Center Pace University Edith G. Read Wildlife Rye Westchester Lower Hudson website, 179 acres, operated by the County Sanctuary Emma Treadwell Capital Voorheesville Albany Operated by the State in Thompson's Lake State Park Thacher Nature Center District Eric Humphrey Nature 14,427 acres (58.4 km), open daily, year-round nature Castile Wyoming Finger Lakes Center programming, operated by the State in Letchworth State Park Name Location County Region Summary Finch Hollow Nature website, operated by the County, natural history museum and Johnson City Broome Southern Tier Center education center, 1 mile trail Five Rivers Capital website, 450 acres, operated by the New York State Environmental Delmar Albany District Department of Environmental Conservation Education Center Forest Park Visitor New York Queens Queens 538-acre city park, center open by appointment Center City website, supported by the Friends of Forsyth Nature Center Forsyth Nature Center Kingston Ulster Mid-Hudson and the City of Kingston Parks and Recreation Department New York Fort Greene Park Brooklyn Brooklyn 30-acre park, visitor center exhibits and nature programs City Fort Niagara State Park Western New Porter Niagara Open in the summer Nature Center York New York 60-acre park, visitor center with weekend environmental Fort Totten Park Queens Queens City education programs Garvies Point Museum website, exhibits on Long Island and state geology, Native Glen Cove Nassau Long Island and Preserve American archaeology, 62 acre preserve 19th-century living history museum covering more than 600 Genesee Country Western New Mumford Monroe acres, includes an art gallery and nature center that is open Village and Museum York only on weekends in January and February Genesee County Park Western New Interpretive Nature East Bethany Genesee website, 430 acres, operated by the County York Center Staten New York website, Greenbelt Conservancy with details, located in the Greenbelt Nature Center Staten Island Island City 844-acre LaTourette Park Greenburgh Nature website, 33-acre nature preserve with trails, a pond and Scarsdale Westchester Lower Hudson Center gardens Western New Hansen Nature Center Henrietta Monroe website, located in the 68-acre Tinker Nature Park York Name Location County Region Summary Western New website, 45 acres, operated by the West Irondequoit Central Helmer Nature Center Rochester Monroe York School District High Rock Nature Staten New York website, operated by the City in 94-acre High Rock Park, Staten Island Center Island City open by appointment St. Adirondack Higley Flow State Park Colton Open in the summer Lawrence Region Hoyt Farm Nature website, operated by the Town as part of Hoyt Farm Nature Commack Suffolk Long Island Center Preserve website, two locations, the Wildlife Education Center with Hudson Highlands Cornwall-on- Orange Mid-Hudson exhibits and live animals and the Outdoor Discovery Center Nature Museum Hudson with trails website, about 350 acres, trails and education in the Upper Indian Creek Nature St. Adirondack Canton and Lower Lakes Wildlife Management Area, operated by Center Lawrence Region North Country Conservation-Education Associates Inwood Hill Park Nature New York 196 acres, open to the public on weekends from April through Manhattan Manhattan Center City October 10,828 acres, exhibits and nature programs offered at the Iroquois National Western New Visitor Contact Station in partnership with the Buffalo Basom Genesee Wildlife Refuge York Audubon Society, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Friends of Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge Kaler's Pond Nature Center Moriches Suffolk Long Island website, open seasonally Center website, Hudson River environment and art programs, Kathryn W. Davis Sleepy Hollow Westchester Lower Hudson adjacent to Kingsland Point Park, operated by the Hudson Riverwalk Center River Valley Environmental Education Institute Lenoir Preserve Yonkers Westchester Lower Hudson website, 40 acres, operated by the County Lime Hollow Center for Central New Environment and Cortland Cortland 400 acres York Culture Name Location County Region Summary Lloyd and Carol Bull Central New Herkimer Herkimer website, part of Herkimer County Community College Nature Center York Madden Outdoor website, 120 acres, operated by Putnam-Northern Carmel Putnam Lower Hudson Education Center Westchester BOCES Marine Nature Study website, 52 acre preserve devoted to environmental education Hempstead Nassau Long Island Area and natural history, information Marshlands Rye Westchester Lower Hudson website, operated by the County, 147 acres Conservancy Western New Mendon Ponds Park Honeoye Falls Monroe 2,500 acres, operated by the County York Minna Anthony Thousand Wellesley Island Jefferson Locate in Wellesley