Nature at your doorstep – Thompson Pond Preserve
On my recent spring walk at Thompson Pond, at the foot of Stissing Mountain in Pine Plains, I was able
On my recent spring walk at Thompson Pond, at the foot of Stissing Mountain in Pine Plains, I was able
What does one make of a hike that begins at a graveyard? Only that the human lives, and deaths, that
Every town, large or small, needs green refuges within its boundaries, places to walk in any season that offer the
The trail to Vernooy Kill Falls leaves the road to enter a moist hemlock forest. As we traversed the rock-strewn,
Spring is a kind of kaleidoscope. Its array of delicate colors — lavender, white and pink in early forest flowers,
To climb a crag like Bonticou is an exciting outdoor experience, but to view the same crag from a nearby
On Sunday night I went out in the rain to witness a ritual far older than Easter, or even the
To walk along one of the hedgerows of red cedar trees that separate the rolling meadows of Spring Farm is
To climb in elevation is equivalent, at least in terms of the plants, animals and even the weather one is
High Falls is a place of two trails, and both have stories to tell. The trail that starts at the