Touhey Family Preserve

The Touhey Family Preserve trails wind through beautiful forests carefully managed by the Touhey Family. To the east of the parking area, there is an overlooks with a view of the Phillipin Kill and surrounding wetlands. Crossing through the quiet pine grove, you’ll find an offshoot of the main trail leading to a manmade pond. Through many areas of the trail, bog boards keep you slightly elevated along the fern-lined path. This must-see preserve is one of our newest!

Please respect the existing tenant on the property: remain on marked trails and do not drive past the parking area.

1 mile

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This 49-acre property was the original homestead of the Touhey family and is what remains of the more than 100-acre farm that stretched from Orchard Street to Delaware Avenue. Over the years, the Touhey family worked to ensure a healthy forest by hiring a certified forester to mark and take only certain trees from the forest.  To share their enjoyment of the natural world with all, the Touhey family worked with the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy to open the property to the public in October 2020. 

This 49-acre property was the original homestead of the Touhey family and is what remains of the more than 100-acre farm that stretched from Orchard Street to Delaware Avenue. To share their enjoyment of the natural world with all, the Touhey family worked with the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy to open the property to the public in October 2020. The preserve protects and has views to the Phillipin Kill on its eastern boundary, further protecting lands and waters that link with MHLC’s Phillipin Kill and Van Dyke Preserves.