Coopers Island Nature Reserve -- St George's Parish BM - National Parks of the World on Waymarking.com

Cooper's Island Nature Reserve was created by the Bermuda Government after the US military vacated this facility in the late 1990s. this area had been under US military control since the early 1940s, when it was an Army Air Corps base. later it became Kenly Field Air Force Base, then passed to the United States Navy. NASA built a tracking station for the American space program in 1960s here, and as recently as the mid-1990s this area was used to track American space shuttle flights.

Today, birds of all kinds can be seen and enjoyed from a burning tower that has been built out near the old NASA tracking facility. old military base roads are now nice paved hiking and biking and walking trails which afford beautiful views of Castle Harbour the Atlantic Ocean and the island of Bermuda.

Birdwatchers are especially welcome. A birding tower has been built at the end of the reserve near Long Bay.

The day Blasterz were there, we saw great white egrets, Sanderlings, Kiskadees, sparrows, and some small yellow songbirds that went by so fast we couldn't identify them.

Cooper's island reserve is a protected breeding area for the critically endangered Bermuda Petrel, also called the Cahow.

Park Name: Cooper's Island Nature Reserve Historic/Cultural Park: no Natural Park: yes Recreation Area: yes Wildlife Refuge: yes Park Website: [Web Link] Type of Listing: Entrance Fees in Local Currency: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Dates of Access: From: 01/01/2015 To: 12/31/2015 Hours available: From: 7:00 AM To: 7:00 PM Hiking: yes Camping: no Bicycling: yes Horseback Riding: no Off-Roading: no Swimming: yes Snorkling/Scuba: yes Boating: no Rock Climbing: no Fishing: yes Other Activities: birdwatching wildlife viewing Other Park Type not listed above: Not listed Other Type Detail: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   02/21/2015 Benchmark Blasterz visited it