Harriman Park in Winter: The Nickel Mine
February 10, 2010
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood… Harriman Park is most every downstate hiker’s favorite place for solitude and keeping in shape. I like winter best for hiking because there is no vegetation to block the views, fewer people out, no snakes, and – if there is enough snow for snowshoeing – I can walk [...]
Castle of the Month: Bannerman’s Castle
February 6, 2010
Bannerman’s Castle Sitting on a small island called Pollepel in the Hudson River between Cold Spring and Beacon, across from Storm King Mountain, are the impressive ruins of a castle, one of the very few ever built in the US. The complex of buildings was constructed as an arsenal between 1900, when the island was [...]
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