See all three floors

of Grey Towers MILFORD — Special pre-season tours of all three floors of the mansion at Grey Towers National Historic Site, will be offered on Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. beginning May 2 until Memorial Day weekend, when the site opens for the season seven days a week. The second and third floors of the mansion usually are not included in the regular tour because they are used for conferences and meetings, limiting visitor access. Regular fees apply for these special three-floor tours Beginning Memorial Day weekend, the 1886-French chateauesque mansion opens seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with tours given on the hour. From May 23 through Oct. 31, the three-floor tour is offered only at 10 a.m. and at 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. The special three-floor tours are offered in direct response to growing community interest in seeing more than the first floor of the mansion. Grey Towers, ancestral of home of conservationist and two-term Governor Gifford Pinchot, is located on Old Owego Turnpike (behind Apple Valley restaurant) in Milford. It is administered by the US Forest Service, the agency founded in 1905 by Pinchot and President Theodore Roosevelt. In addition to the guided house and garden tours, the Forest Service offers a number of public programs, including specialized tours, forestry programs, children’s programs, school outings and programs that focus on conservation and the arts. For more information visit www.fs.fed.us/gt or www.greytowers.org or call 570-296-9630.