Constitution Marsh Audubon Center and Sanctuary
Indian Brook Road
Garrison, NY 10524
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 174
Cold Spring, NY 10516
(845) 265-2601
Fax: (845) 265-1064
ELind@audubon.org
Eric Lind, Director
A 270-acre National Audubon Society wildlife sanctuary featuring a new 700-foot boardwalk that allows visitors to explore the marsh. Interpretive program focuses on tidal marsh ecology. The Visitor Center with representative wildlife exhibits, including a 500-gallon aquarium, is open Tuesday-Sunday, 9 to 5. Trails are open all year during daylight hours.

Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park
2957 Crompond Road
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
(914) 245-4434
Fax: (914) 245-7958
www.nysparks.com
Liz Woodard, Park Manager
Over 900 acres with hiking trails, lakes for boating and fishing, swimming pool, picnic areas and playing fields.  Ice skating and cross country skiing.

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Jay Heritage Center
210 Boston Post Road
P.O. Box 661
Rye, NY 10580
(914) 698-9275
Fax: (914) 835-8547
http://www.jaycenter.org/
Suzanne Clary, President
This National Historic Landmark is the site of Founding Father John Jay's boyhood home. The Jay Heritage Center is restoring and preserving the 1838 Greek Revival Peter Augustus Jay House, and the 1907 Classical Revival Carriage House as an education center for American history and culture. These buildings are open to the public during the restoration process. From the veranda of the Jay House, the visitor enjoys a timeless and dramatic vista over the fields of Marshlands Conservancy to Long Island Sound and Long Island itself.

John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
400 Route 22
P.O. Box 832
Katonah, NY 10536
(914) 232-5651
Fax: (914) 232-8085
www.nysparks.com/hist
Dr. Alix Schnee, Historic Site Manager
Farm where John Jay, twice governor of New York and first U.S. Chief Justice, retired after a lifetime of public service as a legislator, diplomat and jurist.  64 acres of farm, meadow and gardens available for picnicking, walking, or self-guided tours.   House tours of the restored home are available April-October or by appointment November-March.  Groups and school tours by advance reservation.  Lectures, concerts, family programs.

Manitoga / The Russel Wright Design Center
Route 9D
P.O. Box 249
Garrison, NY 10524
(845) 424-3812
Fax: (845) 424-4043
info@russelwrightcenter.org
www.manitoga.org
Anita Pidala, Office Manager
Woodland garden and former estate of Russel Wright.  A foremost example of ecological landscape restoration.  Historic house, hiking trails, programs and special events. Nature and design summer camp.

New York City Watershed
New York City Dep't of Environmental Protection
59-17 Junction Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11378-5108
(718) 595-6600
Christopher O. Ward, Commissioner
Geoff Ryan, Director of Public Affairs
In emergency or to report pollution: (800) H2O-SHED (426-7433)
To request Public Access Permit: (800) 575-LAND (575-5263) or get application at www.nyc.gov/watershed.recreation or information at permits@water.dep.nyc.ny.us .
Watershed supplies drinking water to over nine million people including 85% of Westchester County residents.  The Croton system (in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties) consists of 12 reservoirs, and the Catskill and Delaware systems, west of the Hudson River, include six reservoirs as well as Kensico in Westchester.  Limited public access is allowed by permit only.  Rowboats for the purpose of fishing are allowed if they are permanently located at specific sites.

Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
15 Walnut Street
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
(914) 693-5259
Fax: (914) 674-8529
www.nysparks.state.ny.us/parks
Brian Goodman, Historic Site Manager
Cortlandt to Yonkers. 26-mile linear trail from the Croton Reservoir in Cortlandt to Yonkers.  Walking path connects the communities of Cortlandt, Ossining, Briarcliff, Mount Pleasant, Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, Irvington, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings and Yonkers.   Provides panoramic views of the Hudson River.  Constructed in the 19th century, the aqueduct is a National Historic Landmark.  Managed by the Taconic Region of the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.  Many historic and scenic sites along the Hudson.  Communities, all services, and transportation in close proximity.

Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Route 117 (one mile east of Route 9)
Pocantico Hills, NY 10591
(914) 631-1470
Fax: (914) 631-3064
www.nysparks.com
John R. Middlebrooks, Manager
P.O. Box 338, Tarrytown, NY, 10591-0338
Encompasses approximately 860 acres of the Rockefeller family estate, donated to the State of New York in 1983.  About twenty-two miles of carriage paths along rivers, woods, a 24-acre lake and panoramic vistas.  Ideal for strolling, bird watching, jogging and cross country skiing.  Horseback riding and carriage driving require fee permit.   Fishing permitted in Swan Lake and the Pocantico River.  A five-dollar parking fee is in effect.

Rockwood Hall Park
Off Route 9 or Rockwood Road
exit off Route 117 West
North Tarrytown, NY 10591
(914) 631-1470
Estate grounds of former Rockwood Hall, an extension of the Rockefeller State Park Preserve.  Hiking, picnicking, views of the Hudson.

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