Audubon Center at Bent of the River, Nature sanctuary and education center in Southbury, United States.

The Audubon Center at Bent of the River is a 700-acre preserve in Southbury, Connecticut, off South Britain Road, with about 15 miles of trails through fields, forests, shrub and grasslands along the Pomperaug River. Its buildings are a brick house called the Clark House and a mid-19th-century barn used for nature education programs and events.

The farm was bequeathed to the National Audubon Society by Mrs. Althea Clark, who set conditions for its use: education, native flora and fauna, and keeping the land in a state of "mild wildness." The property holds a brick house called the Clark House and a mid-19th-century barn now used for nature education programs and events.

Nature education programs and events are held in a mid-19th-century barn on the property. Althea Clark's bequest directed that the land be used for education and kept for native flora and fauna, and her instruction that the Bent remain in a state of "mild wildness" still shapes how the grounds are managed.

The preserve is open year-round from sunrise to sunset, off South Britain Road. Althea Clark asked that no trail blazes or interpretive signs be installed, so bring a map and follow the roughly 15 miles of paths through fields, forests, shrub and grasslands along the Pomperaug River.

Althea Clark's bequest to the National Audubon Society came with explicit instructions: no trail blazes and no interpretive signs, so the 700 acres are kept in what she called a state of "mild wildness." Visitors walk unmarked paths through fields, forests, shrub and grasslands along the Pomperaug River.