Bluebird Gap Farm

Bluebird Gap Farm is a public city park and petting zoo located in Hampton, Virginia, at 60 Pine Chapel Road. It is designed to resemble a working farm, and features farm animals and fowl of all types, and wild animals native to Virginia. Visitors can buy food to feed the animals.

Bluebird Gap Farm
The livestock barn at the farm
Date opened1966[1]
LocationHampton, Virginia, United States
Coordinates37.0337°N 76.3877°W / 37.0337; -76.3877
Land area60 acres (24 ha)[2]
No. of animals250[2]
No. of species25[2]
Websitewww.hampton.gov/bbgf

The 60-acre (24 ha) park includes a playground, picnic areas, a small lake, and the Azalea Trail. The Azalea Trail features rare azaleas. The farm displays modern and antique farm equipment. The original Hampton train station and an old family cemetery also are located at the farm.

Bluebird Gap Farm is also home to the city's volunteer master gardeners' demonstration garden.[3]

History

Opening in 1966 under the name Old MacDonald's Farm, it is one of the city's oldest parks. It was then home to 105 donated and "loaned" domestic animals. Originally located on the site of the nearby Hampton Coliseum, the Farm moved to its current location on Pine Chapel Road in 1969, and sought to show animals in a farm setting to children from a city environment.[1]

Animals

Current
Wildlife
Livestock
Poultry

Former
Wildlife
Poultry

Events

Each year in late October the park hosts Boobird Spooktacular, a one-day event connected with Halloween.[4] Starting in 2010, the Bluebird Gap Farm sponsors a 4-H Club for youths 5–18 years old.[5]

On Fridays at 11am in late June, all of July, and early August, Storytelling in the Park occurs. Performers put on a show on a hand-built theatrical stage to read and even act out favorite stories. Sometimes puppets are used or costumed characters take part.

Storytelling in the Park is free and open to the public.

Notes
  1. "Parks and Recreation History". hampton.gov. City of Hampton. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  2. "Bluebird Gap Farm". hampton.gov. City of Hampton. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  3. "About Bluebird Gap Farm". hampton.gov. City of Hampton. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  4. Boobird Spooktacular on official website of Hampton, Virginia
  5. "4-H Coming to Bluebird Gap Farm". eventsetter.com. EventSetter Hampton Roads. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
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