Birding from the parking lots and paved trails may be productive during spring and fall migration. The park is open 24 hours, seven days a week, so early morning, evening, and night birding is possible.

Given its elevation and unobstructed panoramic views of the sky, this site offers potential as a site at which to observe autumn raptor migration. Viewing from the north (upper) parking lot during the first half of September could be productive.

Most of the species thus far observed are common and expectable but given its prominent location and elevation this park has some potential as a migrant trap.

In addition to Ashburnham Memorial Park, the hotspot also includes adjoining Rube Brady Memorial Park to the west and to the east the Parks Canada lands bordering the west side of the Trent-Severn Waterway. The park is centred on a steep-sided drumlin (Armour Hill) rising around 30 m above the surrounding landscape making it the highest point in the City. At around 22 ha in extent the park is a mixture of manicured lawns and plantings, deciduous and white cedar forest and shrub thickets.

Access to the park is by way of Museum Drive north off Hunter Street East.

The land for Ashburnham Memorial Park was purchased in 1923 by the Women’s Patriotic League of Ashburnham in memory of the men of Peterborough who fell in the Great War of 1914-1918. It was donated to the City of Peterborough in 1937 following the disbandment of the Ashburnham women’s league. In 1967 the Peterborough Museum & Archives moved from its former location in the vicinity of Parkhill and Water streets to its present location in Ashburnham Memorial Park.

Several trails radiate from the north parking lot and descend to the Trent Canal to the east. Be forewarned that several of these trails appear to have steep sections and may not be suitable for some hikers. There are also numerous narrow footpaths through the woods to the west down towards Rube Brady Memorial Park.