Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary - New York Audubon
Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary - New York DEC
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| Audubon properties generally do not allow dogs but I could find nothing online. Since this was on my way home, I stopped by to check at the kiosk and found that leashed dogs are allowed. Unfortunately, at the end of this hike, the only other people I ran into were abusing this privilege with their dog running amok off leash. So if you go with a dog check first because it is only a matter of time before people like that ruin it for everyone else. |
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 41.91542, -73.67036
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| Route 82 trailhead parking - this sits in the middle of the property making it easy to access trails on both sides of Route 82. |
TRAIL MAP:
Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary Trail Map - Dutchess Tourism Trail Maps
HIKE DISTANCE: 3.7 miles
Hiked together with:
Overland Mountain Conservation Area (25 minutes away) - 9.9 miles
Drowned lands Swamp Conservation Area (20 minutes away) - 1.8 miles
THE HIKE:
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| Walking out of the parking lot to cross Route 82 to hike trails on the other side first. |
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| The mowed trails are very easy and smooth. |
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| One of only two muddy spots we encountered. |
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| This is a straight trail that has water on either side. |
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| Continuing straight would lead to the other parking lot so we turned left. |
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| Although there were lots of birds around, the mosquitoes were hideous so I could never stop for more than a nanosecond to take pictures. |
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| Stopping at this bench under an apple tree to reapply Deep Woods OFF. |
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| Brodie LOVES apples so while I was busy reapplying bug spray, he snarfed down a whole apple, ants and all. |
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| Coming back out on Route 82 where we parked. It was 5:00 PM and there was still a good hour of daylight left so we went through the lot to the right to hike the 2-mile loop on that side. |
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| Mosquitoes were not bad on this side but the light was too poor to get good bird shots. That would be a northern flicker. |
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| At the top of a gentle climb, two benches at ... |
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| ... an overlook of the countryside. |
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| Cedar Waxwing |
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| Back at the car. |
Buttercup used to be one of my very frequent go-to places when I lived in the Hudson Valley, especially in September as that apple orchard in the back is prime. I'm surprised you didn't include a picture of the stone tower folly. The straight trails on the south side are remnants of an old rail line that used to serve a much bigger farm back in the day.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised that all the apples were down and rotting already. I think Brodie and those ants (RIP) found the only apple that still looked fairly good. I didn't see a stone tower. Maybe I missed that part.
DeleteThe tower is in the 'top' section west of the main road and behind a farm. It's pretty cool, esp when it's open.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely missed that :(
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