Finding Birds in Guilford County © 2018 Dennis Burnette
IV-A9. Keeley Park
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4100 Keeley Road, McLeansville, NC 27301
336-373-4547 https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/parks-recreation/parks-gardens/keeley-park Administrator: Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department, 1001 Fourth Street, Greensboro, NC 27405, 336-373-2558 https://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/parks-recreation Hours of operation: Keeley Park opens daily at 8:00 a.m. The closing time varies with the season. In the cold season (November, December, January, and February) it closes at 5:00 p.m. In spring and fall (March, April, September, and October) it closes at 7:00 p.m. During the warm season (May, June, July, and August) it closes at 8:00 p.m. The park is closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
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Directions
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GPS coordinates: N 36° 06.715’ W 079° 42.867’
Directions: Keeley Park is located near the intersection of Keeley Road and Rankin Mill Road in the northeast sector of Greensboro. If you’re coming from High Point or Winston-Salem, take the Wendover Avenue exit. The park is about 12 miles from the intersection of old I-40 and Wendover. Go east on Wendover Avenue about 10 miles and exit onto Huffine Mill Road. At the top of the ramp, bear right onto Huffine Mill. Go 1.5 miles to where Huffine Mill and Rankin Mill Rd. split. Stay straight onto Rankin Mill Rd. Go 1/2 mile to Keeley Road. Make a right onto Keeley (no left turn possible; there is a cemetery on the left). Turn into the first driveway on the right into the park. |
Description
Keeley Park primarily is a recreation park featuring picnic shelters, fishing ponds, playgrounds, a spraygound, restrooms, bathhouses, and a concession stand. Birders usually concentrate on the trails and woodland edges. There is a large meadow (that one day is slated to become an athletic field) that also can be birdy. The area around the fishing ponds can be good.
Weekends in the warm season can be crowded. (Currently, the popular sprayground is open May 25 until September 4.) Consequently, a weekday visit in the warm season and fall and winter months might be better for birding. A walk around the ponds can be productive. Watch the pond edges as well as the surrounding trees. Also check the large grassy areas elsewhere in the park.
Weekends in the warm season can be crowded. (Currently, the popular sprayground is open May 25 until September 4.) Consequently, a weekday visit in the warm season and fall and winter months might be better for birding. A walk around the ponds can be productive. Watch the pond edges as well as the surrounding trees. Also check the large grassy areas elsewhere in the park.
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Although nothing unusual has been reported from Keeley Park, most of the expected Piedmont species can be found here. Keep in mind that this is a relatively new park that has not attracted many birders yet, so it might be possible to be the person who finds something really good!
Finding Birds in Guilford County © 2018 Dennis Burnette
Finding Birds in Guilford County © 2018 Dennis Burnette