Thus week we are exploring a new place... Juhring preserve in Dobbs Ferry. 930am meetup. Not sure about facilities so bring water and lunch/snack if you’d like. See you in the forest!
Juhring Nature Preserve
This 76 acre preserve is Dobbs Ferry’s largest park. The woodland preserve has several hiking trails. Dogs are allowed.
The estate was named for John C. Juhring III, a landscape architect, who acquired the property in 1909 and whose Belden Avenue residence was at one time contiguous to the current 76 acre parcel. By the early 1960s the land was owned by Edward J. Tobin and Reuben Chase, both investors, who were planning to subdivide the property into 115 lots. Public outrage prompted the village government to acquire grants from the federal and state governments to purchase the property as open space. The only stipulation that came with the federal and state grants was that the land remain undeveloped, open and available for the public to enjoy.
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