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Activities

What can you see and do at the Roosevelt Campobello International Park? Plenty!

You can:

• View our introductory video and tour Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt’s magnificent summer home.
• Enjoy the Park’s annual flower gardens and relax on Park grounds.
• Birdwatch.
• Hike the Park’s 16.3 kilometers (10 miles) of walking trails.
• Take part in self-guiding tours of our Friar’s Head Trail and of Eagle Hill Bog.
• Join outdoor interpreters on Park grounds and at Eagle Hill Bog.
• Visit the Park’s Mulholland Point Lighthouse and watch harbor seals.
• Picnic at the Visitor Center, Friar’s Head, Mulholland Point, or other sites scattered throughout the Park’s Natural Area.
• Stroll along the beach at Herring Cove, Raccoon Beach, or Lower Duck Pond.
• Drive to scenic lookouts and magnificent vistas.
• Launch your sea kayak from several locations within the Park.

Safety

Driving - Natural Area drives are narrow gravel roads with numerous turnouts to permit passing. Please obey posted speed limits.

Hiking - Discretion is advised for those with small children. Sections of the Raccoon Beach- Liberty Point and Liberty Point-Lower Duck Pond Trails are close to high cliffs and ledges. Algae or moss-covered and wet logs and rocks can be slippery. Footwear for wet conditions is recommended.

Animals - Animals in the Park include, beaver, white-tail deer, moose, coyote, weasel, river otter, shrews, mice, voles, bobcat, red squirrel, varying hare, black bear, frogs, salamanders, snakes, and many species of birds. Red squirrels and varying hares are the two animals most often seen; black bear, bobcat, and moose are rare sightings. You should not approach any wild animal that appears tame or that acts in an unusual manner. Although rabies is present in New Brunswick, there have been no reported cases from Campobello Island.

Plants - To our knowledge, poison ivy is not present in the Park. We do have several plants that have poisonous berries that could cause problems if eaten. These include baneberry, clintonia, jack in the pulpit, and deadly nightshade.

Insects - Wasps, hornets, and bees are all potential problems to those with allergies to stings. In late July and August, hornets may build nests near trails. Biting insects include mosquitoes, blackflies, deerflies. Biting insects are fewer in number after mid-June. Although we may have small populations of some tick species, ticks have not been a problem.