This preserve has only two parking spaces. Please do not overfill the lot or park along the road.

Love Road Nature Preserve
Location: Grand Island, Erie County
Size: 44 acres (trail length just over 1 mile)

Hiking difficulty: Easy, but includes bog bridging

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No dogs are allowed on our properties. Find out why.

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The preserve is a mature hardwood forest bordered on three sides by additional undeveloped land, and it contains wetlands and vernal pools that make it a desirable ecological site. Over the past year, the Land Conservancy’s stewardship team removed the invasive common and glossy buckthorn and multiflora rose that impacted the forest. They also built just over a mile of dirt-packed trail for the community to enjoy, with some sections of bog bridging like visitors will find at the Margery Gallogly Nature Sanctuary, also on Grand Island. The new preserve boasts an oak forest with swamp white oaks, pin oaks, red oaks, and even large American elms.

The Love Road Preserve was previously purchased by the Buffalo Ornithological Society (BOS) in 1953. In 2021, with funding from the Greenway Ecological Standing Committee (GESC), the Land Conservancy was able to purchase the property from BOS to ensure that it would be permanently protected. As a hardwood forest, it is suitable habitat for interior-forest songbirds such as vireos, thrushes, and some warbler species.

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Please respect the boundaries of the preserve and do not overfill the parking lot. If you find the lot full, we encourage you to visit the nearby Margery Gallogly Nature Sanctuary.

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Address: 3050 Love Rd, Grand Island, NY 14072