Locust Grove
Had I stumbled upon Locust Grove in a remote region, its beautifully landscaped grounds, well laid out paths and carriage
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Nature at your doorstep – Shawangunk Grasslands
One can take a short walk, close to home, in the winter and feel like a world traveler. I took
Shawangunk Grasslands
One can take a short walk, close to home, in the winter and feel like a world traveler. I took
Esopus Meadows
My favorite place for a winter walk is where land and water meet. In our region, this boundary zone is
Esopus Meadows
My favorite place for a winter walk is where land and water meet. In our region, this boundary zone is
Split Rock
To enter the woods after the season’s first snowstorm is to meet winter on its own terms and to glimpse
The Trapps
My favorite time to walk along the famous Trapps cliffs at Mohonk Preserve is in late fall, when the leaves
Nature at your doorstep: Onteora Lake
There is something about walking up and down through strata of stone that gives one a feeling for the ancient and vast rhythms of geological time, and the relatively miniscule cycles of human history within them. This is the sense one gets at Onteora Lake, situated where the Hudson Valley meets the Catskill Mountains.
Nature at your doorstep – Joppenbergh Mountain
There are places we go to for a sense of primeval wildness, for the illusion (and it is, always, an
Nature at your doorstep – Whitman land
“The walk to take today is the walk you took yesterday,” wrote John Burroughs in his essay, “A Sharp Lookout.”