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  1. The Bronx Victory Column & Memorial Grove
  2. Glover’s Rock
  3. Hunter Island
  4. The Bartow-Pell Mansion & Museum
  5. The Split Rock/Split Rock Trail
  6. Thomas Pell Wildlife Sanctuary
  7. Kazimiroff Nature Trail
  8. Orchard Beach
  9. The Meadow
  10. Salt Marsh

map of Pelham BayPark has hot spot links to sections of virtual tourHot Spot link to The Bronx Victory Column & Memorial Grove Hot Spot link to Glover Rocks Hot Spot link to Hunter Island Hot Spot link to The Bartow-Pell Mansion & Museum Hot Spot link to The Split Rock Split Rock Trail Hot Spot link to The Split Rock/Split Rock Trail Hot Spot link to Thomas Pell Wildlife Sanctuary Hot Spot link to Kazimiroff Nature Trail Hot Spot link to Orchard Beach Hot Spot link to The Meadow Hot Spot link to Salt Marsh

Pelham Bay Park Virtual Tour

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The Meadow

The Meadow, lying south of the Orchard Beach pavilion, is a unique plant community resulting from its close proximity to the water table. Soil was scraped from the surface here to be used as topsoil and fill during the 1930s beach construction, leaving a shallow ground layer. The open space and plant diversity of bayberry shrubs, switchgrass, and sesame grass provides excellent wildlife habitat, especially for butterflies.

image of the meadow
Photo by Malcolm Pinckney

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