Inwood Hill Park

Date: Sunday, October 6, 2024

Leader: Loyan Beausoleil
Transportation: Public Transportation – Participants can use public transportation to arrive at the meeting location.
Meeting Point: After your registration is confirmed, the Registrar will share directions, the exact meeting place, and time with attendees.
Schedule: Half-day morning trip, ending around noon.
Relative Difficulty: Expect to walk two to three miles on mostly paved paths, although some paths are broken and uneven and some are quite steep.

Trip Description: Inwood Hill Park is situated at the northernmost point in Manhattan. The 196-acre park is bordered by the Spuyten Duyvil Creek to the north and the Hudson River to the west. It features a hilly forest, a tidal estuary, rock formations, and ball fields. eBird records indicate the presence of 249 bird species, including waterfowl, gulls, and shorebirds in the estuary, Spuyten Duyvil Creek, and along the Hudson River. The forest is home to songbirds and owls, with several species nesting there. The upper ridge trail on the park’s western side offers stunning views of the Hudson River and the New Jersey Palisades. Raptors are a common sight soaring over the cliffs. During the fall, Dyckman Fields on the park’s west side becomes a stopover for migrating sparrows and other grassland species, such as American Pipit, Eastern Meadowlark, and Bobolink.

Please read The Linnaean Society of New York COVID-19 Field Trip Guidelines before registering.

Registration: Registration opens at 9 am on Monday, September 23. After that time, click here to register. Registration closes at 6 pm on Wednesday, October 2. Members (and those who have applied for membership) will be prioritized over non-members.

Please read the About Our Trips page, if you’re going on a field trip for the first time. It details our field trip policies, recommends what to bring on a trip, and offers other useful information, pro tips, and tricks.

If after visiting the About Our Trips page, you still have questions, feel free to contact the Registrar via email.