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Excellent place, we got a show/talk about some of the animals that live there. It is beautiful space and grounfs
This place keeps staff on hire that mishandle animals and let animals bite guests, as well as staff that abuse their own pets. Animal enclosures are too small and look like they get no money put into them. The whole place is a disaster aside from some passionate staff members that have their love for nature and education taken advantage of, as they are clearly overworked and underpaid.
Animals and staff are unhappy, but hey, I guess they sold some memberships right? Everything is not always as it seems.
Animals and staff are unhappy, but hey, I guess they sold some memberships right? Everything is not always as it seems.
We got to spend about one hour here before it started pouring for the rest of the day but we had a really nice time! We checked out the native plants, got chased by some chipmunks for about 5 minutes (honestly we had a blast with this), saw some birds, and the butterfly garden. We didn’t pay for the butterfly garden (I think it’s like $5 and it looked like they’d just give you a code to the lock) and I’m glad we didn’t. There really wasn’t much to it (even for $5!) and you can just see everything quickly from outside of it. Maybe we came at the wrong time of year and earlier it would have been more fun. I got to enjoy ‘interacting with’ this beautiful raven, and then we hung out in the visitor center for a while until we could run back to our car when the rain slowed. We saw on a pamphlet there that you can sign up to walk the Pygmy goats in the spring and we will definitely be back to do that next year!
It's a regular hiking spot for my friend John and I. Nice scenery, easy terrain to navigate and good for a short hike. The older folks can probably manage it pretty well (that includes me, I'm 60 and in decent shape I guess). 👴 😂 ⚡
The manor house was awesome. Great staff members and volunteers. Jim basically took out all the animals for my son to look at up close. Jim was super knowledgeable, friendly and enthusiastic about the animals. He also reminded me not to forget my son's toy airplane. We will definitely visit again.
Awesome place, even on a particularly cloudy day. So much to see. Nature centred Playground, extensive easy hiking trails, and did I mention geocaching. Plenty of parking, picnic areas, butterfly garden, so many sights and things to see I can’t list them all.
Great for adults and kids a like. It’s like a little slice of heaven away from busy roads, and busy life.
We all need a bit of fresh air like this once in a while,right😜😀
Great for adults and kids a like. It’s like a little slice of heaven away from busy roads, and busy life.
We all need a bit of fresh air like this once in a while,right😜😀
Great place to host your private party for kids. The staff brought out animals for petting and played games with kids, keeping them engaged while learning. The facility was pretty old and need update. BTW, don’t forget your bug spray….
This was a really nice park with some goats, chickens, honey bees, etc. They also have a really nice playground for kids and some simple hiking trails. Really great destination for families with kids
This is a nature park, they take care of some animals at the same time that visitors can go and watch them. They have plenty of space for visitors to relax and enjoy nature. They have a playground for kids to play too.
We had a fantastic experience with a private barnyard/goat walk session, led by Noah! Our group was all preschool/toddlers who had a blast! Noah was wonderful with adjusting the program to their ages. Highly recommend if you’re looking for a fun/creative alternative birthday party!
I almost don't want to write a review,only because i want this place to remain a secret. It's where i go to "saftey meeting" and take introspective walks. Great place to take your significant other,hold hands and rekindle that spark with each other.
My wife and I went here to walk the trails. We took a lot of photos of the various animals and Native American-style replica homes. It was very nice. I returned with my father because I knew he'd like it, too.
What a great place to go for a quiet walk through the woods. Deer, birds, chipmunk and snakes are some of the animals we've seen on our walks.
Stopped here for a break from driving while heading from PA to CT. Beautiful trails.
The lady who worked there was wonderful! Very friendly and accomodating for my elderly mother in law! The displays were nice, but too small. A grant from Westchester County to them would be helpful so that they could add more building space (Like the money that was given to the Greenburgh Nature Center in Scarsdale). This way it could be modernized and expanded.
Very great to explore. There's a little camping area (I think you might need to reserve?). There's trails that lead to Mamaroneck near the French American School, Scarsdale near the Saxon Woods golf course, it overlooks the Hutch, and it leads to Harrison's Mamaroneck Avenue office buildings. I recommend exploring in Fall when there's less bugs. You can go in summer if you keep running though so the bugs can't catch you. They might fly in your nose though. I do not recommend the bugs in your nose.
Beautiful diversity of native wildflowers and trees boarder the trails of Weinberg Nature Center which provides food and shelter for many interesting wild animals including wild turkeys, deer, birds, butterflies, salamanders, bunnies, groundhogs, chipmunks, frogs, turtles and more. The trailside museum has several naturalists who happily answered many questions about the wildlife and welcomed us to meet some of the animals who live at the museum. Perfect place to picnic and enjoy the wildnerness practically in your backyard!