Pelham Bay Park

Pelham Bay Park is the largest park in New York City at 2,772 acres — more than three times the size of Central Park. Located in the northeast Bronx where Long Island Sound meets the mainland, the park encompasses forest, meadow, tidal marsh, rocky shoreline, and two golf courses that provide grassland habitat.

The Hunter Island section features old-growth forest with massive oaks that attract migrant warblers and breeding woodland species. The Kazimiroff Nature Trail winds through a maritime forest. The park's extensive shoreline along Long Island Sound attracts shorebirds, waterfowl, and occasional pelagic species visible from Orchard Beach. Thomas Pell Wildlife Sanctuary protects tidal marsh habitat where Clapper Rails and Saltmarsh Sparrows breed.