Hallett Nature Sanctuary — Attraction in New York

The Hallett Nature Sanctuary is the smallest of Central Park's wooded area at 4 acres (1.6 ha). Originally known as the Promontory, it is the only permanently fenced-off section of Central Park aside from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, occupies 3.5 acres (14,000 m2) of the wooded promontory to the west of the Pond, jutting into the water body. The area was closed in 1934 when Robert Moses set the site apart as a bird sanctuary. The reserve was renamed in 1986, in honor of George Hervey Hallett Jr. (1895–1985), an ardent birdwatcher and naturalist and executive secretary of the Citizens Union. The Hallett Sanctuary was reopened to the public in 2016, when the Central Park Conservancy started allowing visitors to enter the sanctuary...

If you are looking for more wildly experience, more peaceful and quite area of the park, this is the perfect place to be. This sanctuary has reopened recently (2 years ago) after being close for over 80 years. Now it is wild area of the park to enjoy the nature in his best. You can spot there woodpeckers, squirrels, raccoons(!), blue jays and many other beautiful species. I love it and every time I enter the park for the south part I’m going for more. During the weekdays it might be open for only certain hours during the day, but the weekends allow you to stay a...

This area is by far one of my favorite places inside Central Park...once you get into the path and start walking deeper...it actually makes you forget that you are in Uptown Manhattan...you need to go forward up to the end of the trail to be able to see the city again and some landmarks like the Billionaire's Row!!!...but still this place is so nice and quiet that you keep feeling peaceful and relaxed during all of your stay... I think that it is definitely a...