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    • Berne Trails and Outdoor Recreation >
      • John Boyd Thacher State Park
      • Switzkill Farm
      • Thompson's Lake Campground
      • Thompsons Lake Fishing Access
      • Cole Hill State Forest
      • Partridge Run Wildlife Management Area
      • Keleher Preserve
      • Kenrose Sanctuary
      • Berne Town Park
      • Fox Creek Park
      • B-K-W Playground and Track
    • Knox Trails and Outdoor Recreation >
      • Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
      • John Boyd Thacher State Park
      • Thompson's Lake Campground
      • Knox Historic Trails and Tours
      • Limestone Rise Preserve
      • Knox Wetland
      • Knox Town Park
      • Winn Preserve
      • Margaret Burke Wildlife Management Area
      • Wolf Creek Falls Preserve
    • Rensselaerville Trails and Outdoor Recreation >
      • The Huyck Preserve
      • Katharine Huyck Elmore Playground
      • Bayard Elsbree Memorial Park
      • Medusa Park
      • Catskill Creek Fishing Access
      • Rensselaerville State Forest
      • Historical Markers Tour
    • Westerlo Trails and Outdoor Recreation >
      • Bear Swamp Preserve
      • Restifo Sanctuary
      • Basic Creek Reservoir Fishing Access
      • Westerlo Town Park
      • Blaisdell White Memorial Park
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    • Baitsholts Farm CSA
    • Black Creek Farm CSA
    • Crosby Farm CSA
    • Eight Mile Creek Farm CSA
    • Fox Creek Farm CSA
    • Foxtail Community Farm CSA
    • Garden of One CSA
    • Gordon Farms CSA
    • Heather Ridge Farm CSA
    • Helder-Herdwyck Farm CSA
    • Longfield Farm CSA
    • Newcombs Farm CSA
    • Otter Hook Farms CSA
    • Patroon Land Farm CSA
    • Raven Crest Botanicals CSA
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Great spangled fritillary butterfly on common milkweed: photo from Huyck Preserve
Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve and Biological Research Station
The Preserve, a not-for-profit organization, has been connecting people with nature since 1931. Covering 2000 acres, including a lake, a pond, and a marsh, the Preserve offers a variety of recreational, educational, and research programs. Trails are open year-round, dawn to dusk. More information and maps at Huyck Preserve.
Huyck Preserve Visitors Center, 5052 Delaware Turnpike, Rensselaerville, NY 12147
Phone: 518-797-3440  Email: info@huyckpreserve.org     www.huyckpreserve.org

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Hilltown History
The Huyck Family
F.C. Huyck was an early entrepreneur in Rensselaerville. His son, Edmund Niles Huyck, continued the family tradition of philanthropic endeavors in the village. E.N.'s widow, Jessie Van Antwerp Huyck, honored his love of the fields and forests of Rensselaerville by founding the Preserve. More history here. Photo from Huyck Preserve.
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Helderberg Hilltowns Association  
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