Audubon Sharon

Explore this nature sanctuary with 1,200 acres, 11 miles of trails with gardens, raptor aviaries, picnic area, interpretive building, nature store and more.

Audubon Sharon, consisting of the Sharon Audubon Center and Emily Winthrop Miles Wildlife Sanctuary, has been connecting people with nature for fifty years. Creating life-changing experiences that enable community members and their families to appreciate, understand and protect the natural world is at the very core of our mission.

The Sharon Audubon Center is a nature center and wildlife sanctuary owned and operated by the National Audubon Society. The Center has more than eleven miles of scenic hiking trails, and includes 1,147 acres of mixed forest, meadows, wetlands, ponds and streams. The mission of the National Audubon Society is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of the earth's biological diversity and humanity. The Sharon Audubon Center strives to meet this mission through education, conservation and environmental research to encourage the responsible usage and stewardship of natural lands. Offersin educational programs for schools, nature programs, wildlife rehabilitation, research, live animal exhibits including birds of prey, reptiles and insects, a children's adventure center, and a nature store.

Tour time: up to 3 hours

Other amenities: Self-guided tours

 

Address

325 Cornwall Bridge Rd.
(Rte. 4)
Sharon, CT 06069
United States

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