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The Friends of Bryan Park was organized by concerned citizens of the Richmond area in March of 1994 to work for the preservation and improvement of Joseph Bryan Park.

Our Goals

		Special Notice Due to the weather, the first Sunday Audubon bird walk will be postponed until February 14. Meet at Shelter 1 at 7:30 am.  For questions, call 270-5365
	Want to see more winter photos taken in Bryan Park? Click here   Focus on Bryan Park Our Fall 2009 Newsletter here

A Brief Overview of Our Park

Joseph Bryan Park is a 262 acre public park in the North Side of the City of Richmond, Virginia.  It offers an Azalea Garden, hardwood forests, streams, ponds, and passive recreation areas on a hilly site bordered by I-95, I-64 and residential neighborhoods.  The 175 acre urban forest contained in Bryan Park offers rich wildlife habitat and an important stopover for migratory birds.  The park was presented to the city in 1909 by Belle Stewart Bryan and her family "...as a free park for the use of and benefit of all its citizens" as a memorial to her late husband.

Open sunrise till sunset

Please, dogs are welcome, but must be on a leash
 

General Information, Directions and Map to Joseph Bryan Park

There is a map of the park linked to the Tour page.

The fascinating story of our park can be discovered

in our book

An Illustrated History

of Bryan Park

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This page was last updated on

02/07/2010

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