Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Berks County, dedicated 2019.

Hawk Mtn. Rd., at path to north lookout

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Founded in 1934 by Rosalie Edge, it is the world's first refuge for birds of prey. It had been a popular shooting site because of its location on a major hawk migration corridor and a 1929 bounty placed on northern goshawks. Through the work of its founder and early supporters, such as Richard Pough, it became a raptor conservation research, education, and training facility and a hawk-watching destination for bird and nature lovers globally.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1872 · Schuylkill County. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1909 · Hamburg, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1911 · Hamburg, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Pennsylvania, 1927, covering the location of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

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