Location: Town of Arcadia, Wayne County
Size: 105 acres
Description: Sanctuary at Crowfield Farm, a partner of Genesee Land Trust, is a not-for-profit education center offering workshops, retreats, and activities that honor and nurture self, community, and the Earth. Their focus is to bring people closer to the land. They're located on 120 acres outside Newark that is home to native wildlife, woods, ponds, wetlands, and a drumlin. Sanctuary is a welcoming and safe place to find inspiration and challenges with others, wealth in solitude, and joy in the moment.
Sanctuary provides opportunities to learn primitive skills like basket weaving, animal tracking, fire making, and flint knapping. Learn more about yourself with a vision quest, Native American studies, or walking the wooded paths. Learn about adventure from sleeping in a log lean-to, cooking food over an open fire, snowshoeing, and photography.
Sanctuary at Crowfield Farm is featured as a Wayne County Trail Works Passport hiking trail. To learn more about the Trail Works Passport and hiking opportunities in Wayne County, visit https://trailworks.org.
Photos by Nigel P. Kent and Genesee Land Trust staff
History: A conservation easement was granted to Genesee Land Trust over this land in 2004 by Rebecca Field Kraai.
Getting There
Driving Directions: From Rochester take 104 east to NY-88 South. Follow NY-88 South through Sodus and take a left on to Fairville Station Road. Look for Arcadia Zurich Road on your right, followed by a wooden sign on your left that reads 'Sanctuary.' Turn on this grass lane and slowly drive straight back towards the kiosk and park in front of the split rail fence. Please be respectful of neighboring properties.