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===Parks=== The city has a collection of parklands and nature preserves, with {{convert|102.5|acre|km2}} of inland waters, {{convert|231.51|acre|km2}} of public park lands and {{convert|168|acre|km2}} of park lets. * [[Glen Island Park (New Rochelle, New York)|Glen Island]] β In 1879, [[John H. Starin]], a former US Congressman and New York transportation king, bought five islands which he named 'Glen Island' and created perhaps the first theme park open to the public. His 12 steamboats transported millions of [[New York (state)|New York]] residents and others to the attractions which included a zoo, a natural history museum, a railway, a German beer garden (around the castle-like structure which still stands today), a bathing beach, and a Chinese pagoda. Today the park is a {{convert|105|acre|km2|adj=on}} island property connected to the mainland by a drawbridge built in the 1920s. One of the main features of the park is its pristine, crescent shaped beach offering access to [[Long Island Sound]]. * Five Islands Park is a series of islands connected by small footbridges and pathways, offers playground, sports, hiking and camping facilities for all residents to enjoy. * Hudson Park encompasses {{convert|13|acre|km2}} along the city's harbor front and includes a beach for residents, the city boathouse, greenhouses, the shore station of the United States Coast Guard and several yacht and rowing clubs. The park is traditionally accepted as the original landing place of the [[Huguenot]] settlers. A granite boulder with bronze tablets commemorates the event. * [[Davids Island (New York)|Davids Island]], a {{convert|78|acre|m2|adj=on}} island off the coast of the city, is being transformed from a former American military base (Fort Slocum) into a park and environmental preserve. Beginning just after the Civil War, the island was a [[military base]] used to protect New York Harbors, during World War I it served as an army recruitment station and up until 1967, it maintained various 'Cold War' facilities. Today it is home to a variety of plants, birds, and animals. These include the endangered [[Kemp's ridley sea turtle]], and rare birds such as [[osprey]] and [[least tern]]s. Davids Island also supports valuable wetlands, rare rocky intertidal areas, and sandy beaches. The waters surrounding the Island are home to Winter Flounder, Atlantic Herring, and Atlantic Silversides. * [[Ward Acres Nature Preserve|Ward Acres]], located in the North End, is a combination of untouched forest, wild lawns and meadows, acres of hiking, exercise trails and historic horse stables/cemeteries. In 2007, The Westchester County Department of Conservation produced a Natural Resource Management Plan in order to identify and protect the natural resource needs of the park. It encompasses {{convert|62|acre|m2}}, with the forests divided into four main sections, each distinct in both general characteristics and species presence. It is formed by a portion of a former private state that contained a horse farm, and by an old railroad right of way. It includes a {{convert|3|acre|m2|adj=on}} fenced-in dog run, and it is the only park in the City in which residents can walk a dog without a leash.<ref>Ward Acres Natural Resource Management Plan and Biodiversity List {{cite web |url=http://www.newrochelleny.com/WardAcresNRMPFinal.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-05-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625190744/http://www.newrochelleny.com/WardAcresNRMPFinal.pdf |archive-date=June 25, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * The Leatherstocking Trail is a {{convert|2|mi|km|adj=on}} long, inter-municipal hiking trail situated between New Rochelle and Mamaroneck, eventually linking into Saxon Woods County Park. It is part of a larger "Colonial Greenway Trail" in which it connects to Twin Lakes/Nature Study and Saxon Woods parks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westchestergov.com/planning/Design/ColonialGreenway11x17.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-05-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625190747/http://www.westchestergov.com/planning/Design/ColonialGreenway11x17.pdf |archive-date=June 25, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * [[Sheldrake Lake (New York)|Sheldrake Lake]] which formerly served as a reservoir supplying the areas drinking water, is now a {{convert|60|acre|km2}} park and nature conservancy promoting an increased understanding of the local ecology. * Twin Lakes Park, combined with the adjacent Nature Study Woods comprise {{convert|220|acre|km2}} of woods, marsh, lakes, ponds and some fields along the Hutchinson River in New Rochelle's Northend. There are many foot trails weaving through woods, marshlands, fields and around two large lakes (formerly reservoirs).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hras.org/wtobird/twinlakes.html |title=Twin Lakes Park / Nature Study Woods, New Rochelle and Eastchester |publisher=Hudson River Audubon Society of Westchester |access-date=2008-05-30 |archive-date=July 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706142619/http://www.hras.org/wtobird/twinlakes.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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