The National Audubon Society designated Upper Mount Bethel Township as part of the Kittatinny Ridge IBA (Important Bird Area). The Chelsea Sun Inn is located in the Eastern Region of the Kittatinny Ridge conservation corridor. This location offers birdwatchers year-around access to a plethora of birds with diverse topography, including the Appalachian Trail, forests, vast farmlands and waterways such as The Delaware River, numerous lakes, and streams.
The Kittatinny Ridge is one of Pennsylvania’s largest Important Bird Areas and the site of a world-famous autumn raptor migration. In the September-October 2012 Audubon Guide to Hawk Watching, the Kittatinny Ridge was listed as the Number 1 place to “catch one of nature’s greatest spectacles”…
Enjoy a leisurely stay at The Chelsea Sun Inn as your home base while enjoying fall foliage, apple picking and the elusive art of bird watching! In the September-October 2012 edition of the Audubon Magazine, the Kittatinny Ridge was listed as the Number 1 location of ten awesome places to catch one of nature’s greatest spectacles for hawk watching. Look for the cackling goose, snow goose, mute swans, northern pintails, grebes, coots, warblers, hummingbirds, shrikes and many other species of birds just a short distance from the New York and Philadelphia metro areas.
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