Sweetbriar Park

Just a peaceful, short trail. Great place to bring the kids. Love all the rescue animals.

Great place to see and learn about animals. Staff is very friendly and knowledgeable. There is also hiking.

Such a great place to walk around and explore! Love getting to see all the animals. During our last visit we got to see them feeding baby squirrels and there were 3 deer just roaming the grounds. Nice walking pathes too! Staff are fr8and helpful!

Great place for a quick outing. Animals are great. Great for fresh air and a nice walk.

Good place for a short hike and kids like seeing the animals.

Great for kids.

Beautiful grounds with refuge animals to visit (there is a bald eagle there), nature center with reptiles and birds, butterfly house, hiking trails, gardens, instructional camps and more.

My wife and I love walking through the butterfly garden. The eagle preserve is also amazing.

Cute place to bring the kids. Lots of trails too.

I try to bring my owl obsessed toddler here at least twice a month and we always have a hoot and are always impressed. You can tell the staff really cares about wildlife and rehabilitation. So much for little ones and older kids to learn here. Highly recommended. Its free except parts of the house, but the grounds are beautiful and there are great play areas for kids and a butterfly garden in the summer. I almost dont want to write this review because its such a well kept secret. If you visit be kind and either make a monetary donation or bring something from this list. This place is a true hidden gem. (And we love all of the owls!)

Awesome place, they treat the animals right. A place we donate to often

Love sweetbriar. !! Awesome folks

They rescued a blue jay that I brought in from my driveway and treated him. Great place to bring the family. Free but some events charge so check their calendar. Donations appreciated.

Deer hawks chickens owls butterflies... Just so peaceful

This place is a excellent place to see nature and the staff is very knowledgeable and hospitable, great time!

Lovely park, friendly volunteers. A lot of animals to see and plenty of walking trails.

Nice little local place with lovely trails and a bunch of cute rescue animals.

Beautiful nature preserve and bird sanctuary.

My daughter goes to an art class here every Saturday. She has such an awesome time. And the staff there really are derivated to nature and helping animals in need. Everyone should support this place.

One of my favorite places. Great for a day trip with the family, majestic creatures being rehabilitated from rabbits to eagles, beautiful education center and forest trails that bring you right to the Nissequogue River.

Beautiful Park and such a perfect place for toddlers!! My son loves every minute, he got to pet a couple of animals and he got to see so many more. Well be going back soon!!

Track my little guy for nice visit today took him a few minutes to warm up once he did he love the place

Awesome experience!

Wonderful place hidden in a woodsy area in Smithtown. Beautiful preserves. Most importantly, the rehabilitate wild animals and set them free on their land. Everyone should go visit!!

My daughter went to camp here and the staff is wonderful. She learned so much about nature and animals. I would definitely recommend this place and would bring my daughter back

A wildlife rehabilitation center with small educational programs and opportunities for visitors to see the recovering animals, I would love this place if I didnt have the horrible experience of volunteering here. My supervisor was extremely demanding and treated me like a full time employee though I was only a volunteer. Directions were also often very unclear and authority in most areas overlapped significantly which made doing anything take a ton of asking permissions.

Love this place! Wonderful work being done here.. and it is a pleasure to visit the animals ...

Love taking kids and exploring the butterfly exhibit and trails and museum. Great day out with family.

Lot of fun, I need to go back sometime soon!!

Love this place!!! So much to do and see and all of the staff is so helpful and kind. Great for little ones!!!

Taps and talons, their annual beer festival / fundraiser.

Attended a Photography class on birds of prey. The Berger Brothers program was excellent. Just sorry i didnt have the time to explore the Preserve.

Great staff beautiful area

Lucky animals to have such caring, dedicated staff and volunteers. Wonderful experience!

Nice place to visit and walk around, interesting events, and they care for injured animals.

Cute, little park with some animals, butterflies and play area for kids.

Hidden gem!! Beautiful nature trails. Friendly staff and animals. Great vistas. Play area for kids. Various gardens. Farm and nature conservatory. Interactive exhibits at the main house. Free to park and walk around. Great for families and couples

Mellow place. Small but nice.

Great little un populated place totally free upstairs ask for a donation totally worth it

Great place and they have a deer so friendly she lets you pet her

Took our grandson here and had a great time..staff very friendly

Sign up for the Wildlife Festival on June 8th 2019. Visit the Butterfly house during the summer. And year-round go to the Rainforest exhibit for 2 dollars per person.

This is a fabulous place that does great work, I highly recommend it.

I had the best time here. Took some of my friends on a second trip. You should bring kids here they will love it.

Great place to take the kids to learn about nature beautiful place

Fun to explore with kids!! Perfect for animal lovers?

This is a great hidden gem for locals. Some rescue animals, like bald eagles or Hawks, and space for the kids to run and play.

Lovely spot to see some rescue animals and get some hikes in!

I love this place! They have so many rescued animals that you can get up close with. I even got to pet a possum! The staff are volunteering and put there heart and soul into the animals they care for. They do birthday parties educational tours and have a jungle room where kids can crawl around and view exotic spiders and reptiles. Go you will be surprised at what you find. If you can throw a couple bucks in the donation jar.

Sweetbriar is a gorgeous sanctuary hidden away from the hustle and bustle of life.

Great place to visit, and staff is amazing!

Nice small group of animals and they have a farm.. butterflies in the Summer and a nice place for a walk... they do events thru the years

Friendly staff. Educational for all ages! Cant wait to revisit in June when the butterfly garden is open!

This was my first visit & it was beautiful. The work they do to help the animals is amazing. The property is peaceful to walk around.

The entrance was hard to find, as it is on Eckernkamp Dr, not Landing Ave. The nature trails are beautiful and well marked. No getting lost at sweetbriar. Seeing the rehabilitation areas for the animals is heart warming, and the butterfly garden is great. I will be returning.

Fantastic animal rescue and rehabilitation. More people should visit and donate. The butterfly garden is a must see - highly recommended.

Loved seeing the hawks, red fox, goats, pot bellied pigs and walking the trails. A nice garden also. Plan to go back

Beautiful park!

Omg! My mom & I brought my kids here last week. It was a very cool place! Lots of neat animals & bones of animals. They even have honey bees. Then upstairs they have a rain forest area! There was just so much to learn here & we even hiked thru the trails. Such a nice day!

One of the friendly and animal place you should visit!

Walked around here with my girlfriend, and it was really nice, its like a mini zoo!

Nice people

A good, free park with great programs for kids.

Nice place to walk around. Love the owls!!!

I love to visit there because they have some birds who arent releasable for some reason or another

Before and after mosquito season is best, unless you plan on staying indoors.

Great place to see some animals and explore the nature!

Great way to spend a beautiful day

Lots of cool stuff to do and see, perfect for a nice day outdoors

Great place to explore and learn about nature conservation and animal rehab

Hidden sanctuary dont forget Make a donation, leave a few dollars if you live on LI and go with the kids, help out

Nice place

Great place for kids .

Nice

Great spot for a walk

Good

Nice park.

Quiet and pleasant

Amazing

Is beautiful