Inside the Exhibition Building with a White Tailed Deer Puppet
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Jamestown Audubon Center has several festivals in addition to its hiking trails. The Audubon Center festivals/events will be cataloged separately, as this post will focus on the hiking and nature exploration available at the Audubon Center.
The Center offers many hiking trails, including a paved, accessible trail which leads to an overlook of wetlands. The trails are flat, well maintained, and easily walked with small children. In addition, the Audubon Center offers several exhibits (including live reptiles and amphibians) in its main building for a small entrance fee. There are several learning activities for children, including a see-through beehive, puppets, puzzles, and examples of local wildlife.
Long boardwalk on the Spatterdock Trail
Investigating the Duck Pond
Looking for birds on a shaded trail
Outside of the main building, Liberty the bald eagle is on display. She was injured as a young bird and cannot be returned to the wild, and is cared for by the Jamestown Audubon Society.
"Fishing" in the exhibition building
1600 Riverside Road, Jamestown, NY 14701
Amenities:Accessible, paved hiking trail
Flat hiking trails of various lengths
Liberty, the bald eagle
Exhibition building with interactive activities for children
This park offers a spectacular view of the surrounding countryside, and Chautauqua Lake on a clear day. There is a 1.2 mile hiking trail, two viewing platforms, a picnic pavilion, and a grassy meadow with rolling hills. This is the second highest point in Chautauqua County, at 2060 feet above sea level.
Location:
The Jamestown Audubon hosts a Monarch Butterfly exhibit at the end of August. The dates may vary, so check the official website for the time and date of the event. Children and adults enter a room with free-flying Monarchs. Monarch caterpillars are displayed in all stages of development.
Location:
Inside the Exhibition Building with a White Tailed Deer Puppet
Long boardwalk on the Spatterdock Trail
Investigating the Duck Pond
Looking for birds on a shaded trail
"Fishing" in the exhibition building
Amenities: Shallow swimming beach, sand, walking trails.
College Park (often referred to as the "100 Acre Lot") does not have any playground equipment, but it does have a fabulous creek (Moon Brook, a tributary of the Chadakoin River) for wading when the temperatures begin to climb! The area is also an ecological study area for Jamestown Community College students, and is near the Roger Tory Peterson Institute.
Ellery Town Park boasts 25 acres of fields, bike trails, and a fantastic playground for children. Playground elements include teeter totters, swings, jungle gym, spring horses, slides, tunnels, bridges, and monkey bars.
