The 90-minute tour will take you deep inside the former Seneca Army Depot. Bus Tours will feature many of the same tour guides that have been earning the park 5-star reviews since 2017! On July 15th, Deer Haven Park will begin offering Bus Tours every Thursday and Saturday. Visit our website for more details.Īfter more than a year of Social Distancing, Quarantines and Cancellations, the Deer Haven Park Bus Tours are back! Due to Safety and liability reasons, Auto Tour patrons must remain inside their vehicle at all times during the tour. All guests must be out of the park at dark. Visitors already in the park can finish their tours. The last vehicle will enter the park at closing time. (up to 7 passengers, no busses or motorcycles please) You will witness evidence of civilian farm life prior to 1940, and of course, you will have the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the Majestic Seneca white deer and American Bald Eagles that reside at Deer Haven Park! You’ll see abandoned ammunition storage igloos, gunpowder buildings, and rail-car loading platforms used by the US Army to load and offload bombs and ammunition for use overseas during WWII, the first Gulf War and every military confrontation in between. You will take an 8 mile journey deep into the park, driving on roads that hadn’t been driven on by the public for nearly 80 years! The Deer Haven Park tablet will provide the illustration and narrative to your adventure based on your location within the park. This tablet will be your tour guide as you drive your vehicle through the park on a self-guided tour. This year, Deer Haven Park will provide a Samsung Tablet to every group of visitors to the park. You will even have a chance to see the majestic Seneca White Deer!ĭeer Haven Park will open every Saturday, between April 17th and October 30 th 2021 for Auto Tours. While you are here, take a park tour and experience the unique habitat and its amazing flora and fauna.
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You'll learn some of the secrets it held and the role it played to keep America free during the Cold War.
When you visit Deer Haven Park you will hear some of the rich history of the Seneca Army Depot, one of the 4 munition storage facilities that were built in preparation for World War II. In 2016, after years of neglect, the privately owned organization Deer Haven Park purchased most of the old base and set aside a 3,000 acre preserve where the Seneca White Deer, American Bald Eagles and other wildlife can thrive. Today, the Army is gone but many of the Majestic Seneca white deer remain to roam freely within the fences, and what is left of the abandoned Seneca Army Depot. With the additional protection from the US Army this, now famous, White Deer herd of Seneca County grew to become the largest of its kind in the world! As years passed, a few all white, white-tail deer were discovered inside the fence. During construction of the 24-mile-long perimeter fence that surrounded this Ordnance Depot, several dozen white-tail deer were trapped inside, isolating them from predators. In 1941, the United States War Department built a 10,000+ acre munition storage and disposal facility in the heart of the Finger Lakes Region, in central Seneca County.
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