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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

			Coming August 8. 2009 Sports Backers Anthem Midnight Ride with a water stop in Bryan Park and Astronomy Nights the park See the calendar page for upcoming dates.  More information to come.
	-Focus on Bryan Park- our newsletter Winter 2009 issue click here for a printable issue, in color!

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

This page was last updated on

06/30/2009

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