More than half of the park's 1,100 acres are protected as "forever wild," making Van Cortlandt's preserve the third largest of New York City's Forever Wild Nature Preserves. You can see an exceptional diversity of migrant songbirds, and nearly every species of land bird in the region has been recorded in the Croton Woods portion of the park.
1,146 acres
Bronx
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Telephone: 718-430-1890
Address: Van Cortlandt Park S. between Broadway and Jerome Ave., Bronx, NY
Website: Van Cortlandt Park (This link leaves DEC's website)
Photo credits: NYS DEC