Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls offers 301 acres on the Hudson with a splash pad, a nationally recognized cross-country course, and eagle sightings.
Bowdoin Park stretches across 301 acres along the Hudson in Poughkeepsie (mailing address: Wappingers Falls), with playgrounds, ball fields, picnic pavilions, and a splash pad open daily through summer sharing space with wooded trails gentle enough for most of us. Its nationally recognized cross-country course draws heavy use from area high school and college teams every fall.
The trails wind toward the river and work best as a short loop before or after the playground rather than as a destination hike on their own. We bring binoculars here, especially in winter, because bald eagles turn up regularly enough that even a day mostly about the splash pad can yield a sighting.
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