Airport is four miles from station. The Springfield Field Station is located at 370 m above the Caribbean in the rugged Antrim Valley. The climate is tropical and humid. The station receives over 3,000 mm of rain per year. The temperature is a few degrees cooler in December - February.
Nights can be quite cool.
The Field Station is a former plantation and contains a mix of second-growth rain forest, agroforestry plots, and tropical agriculture. There are numerous streams on the property. The property is in a steep valley and some sections of the property are quite mountainous. Most of the species of birds commonly found in the Dominican rain forest can be observed within the boundaries of the property. Access to tropical dry forest at Cabrits National Park is by car.