On Sunday, December 11th, from 1:00PM – 2:00PM, the Rockefeller State Park Preserve and the Friends of the Rockefeller State Park Preserve will host the second annual Jingle Bell Parade, which will include carriages, horses and ponies, as well as dogs in holiday attire! The public is invited to join the parade with their dogs, or to sip hot cider and watch along the trailside. Starting with a ribbon cutting at 1 pm, the parade will make its way around Swan Lake along the newly renovated Brother’s Path carriage road.
The Rockefeller State Park Preserve is known for its carriage roads and has long been a place for equestrians of all types. The Rockefeller family established the network of carriage roads, now spanning over 50 miles and designated as a National Historic Site, thanks to John D. Rockefeller Sr. and Jr.’s love of carriage riding. (https://www.friendsrock.org/rspp-history)
Guests are invited to come to the Swan Lake kiosk and enter to win a prize for best horse costume or best dog costume. Winners will be announced at 2 pm. Following the parade, guests can meet the horses/riders, and take photos.
Rockefeller State Park Preserve, located at 125 Phelps Way, Pleasantville,offers quiet countryside walks of all lengths through forested hills and valleys surrounding sunlit pastoral fields. The property is the former Pocantico Hills and Rockwood Hall country estates of John D. Rockefeller family and William Rockefeller. Since 1983, the Rockefeller Family has generously donated over 1771 acres to the State of New York to safeguard these lands for present and future generations.
Managed by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, the Preserve is open to the public year-round, sunrise to sunset. www.rockefellerstateparkpreserve.org.
