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Hampton National Historic Site
Nature & Science

Hampton has a variety of natural resources including three state champion trees:

  • Austrian Pine, Pinus Nigra
  • Pecan, Carya illinoinensis
  • Weeping Japanese Scholar Tree, Sophora japonica 'Pendula'

Bluebirds

In 2001 volunteers placed Bluebird boxes in the park. We're delighted to see their work pay off handsome dividends. In 2004, thirty-seven Eastern Bluebirds fledged successfully, as well as nine tree swallows and six Chickadees. The park now hosts sixteen Bluebird boxes in which the birds continue to fledge.

 



 

An 1890s image of a family on a canal boat in Rochester, New York.  

Did You Know?
Rochester, NY was America’s first inland boom town. The stone aqueduct carried the enlarged Erie Canal over the Genesee River. It now supports the Broad Street bridge.

Last Updated: January 13, 2009 at 16:01 EST