Hubbard County Park provides for fishing at freshwater Penny Pond, hunting, hiking, as well as canoeing & kayaking. The check-in for activities is located at Sears Bellows County Park.
A 5.75 mile trail within
that will take
about 3 hours to complete. This trail will take you on a tour of a
park that has salt flats, marshes, beach, and woods where you can
enjoy the local flowers and birds.
This 1,815 acre park is a land of transitions complimented by beach grass extending under pine tree canopy and prairie grasses abutting salt marsh. An array of wildlife can be found, to include clams, scallops, blue heron, osprey, and a variety of turtles and reptiles.
While enjoying the beautiful sights of the park today, you also find yourself enveloped in a land with a 10,000 year heritage starting with the Native American Shinnecock Nation extending to the Town of Southampton as farmland through a period of use as hunting land where remains of duck blinds and tools can still be found along the trails. |
