Tag Archives: New York
Mashomack Preserve, Suffolk County, New York
After spending the night in Medford, we drove northeast to Greenport on the North Fork of Long Island, where we caught a ferry to Shelter Island: Arriving on Shelter Island, we drove to Mashomack Preserve, a 2,039-acre preserve owned by … Continue reading
Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge, Suffolk County, New York
We decided to take an overnight trip to Long Island for Labor Day, and first drove to Shirley, to the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge features wetlands on both sides of the Lower Carmans River. While the visitor’s center … Continue reading
Kaaterskill Wild Forest, Greene County, New York
On Monday, we decided on a moderate 7.2 mile hike, the Catskill Escarpment Loop. We drove from Saugerties into Haines Falls, turning right onto North Lake Road and then right onto Schutt Road, parking at GPS coordinates 42.20105/-74.05807. We crossed … Continue reading
Kaaterskill Wild Forest, Greene County, New York
On Friday afternoon, we endured two hours of painful bumper-to-bumper traffic to escape from New York City, and then continued driving to the Catskills, where we checked into the Howard Johnson’s in Saugerties. On Sunday, we enjoyed an easy/moderate 4.5 … Continue reading
Marine Park, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation lists Marine Park, at 530 acres, as the largest public park in Brooklyn (narrowly beating out Prospect Park, which is listed as 526 acres). Marine Park includes an area northwest of … Continue reading
Harriman State Park/Sterling Forest State Park, Orange County, New York
This was the third time I completed this particular hike, one of my favorites in the New York area. The first time was a solo hike, On June 12, 2011, and the second time was with friends, on October 14, … Continue reading
Shore Parkway Greenway (western section), Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
We had a previous hike of the western section of the Shore Parkway Greenway about a year before, and decided to repeat the walk on this day. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge looked about the same as always: This is non-powered barge … Continue reading
Connetquot River State Park Preserve, Suffolk County, New York
We finally had a nice-enough day that we felt like going outdoors, though we still didn’t feel like battling Manhattan traffic. Therefore, we went east to Long Island, to Connetquot River State Park Preserve, which I had visited on October … Continue reading
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve, Suffolk County, New York
We visited Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve, which is located on Lloyd Neck, a peninsula into Long Island Sound. The following two posters present a history of the property, which became a state park in 1961. . The property included … Continue reading
Shore Parkway Greenway (eastern section), Brooklyn to Queens, Kings County & Queens County, New York
We previously hiked the western section of the Shore Parkway Greenway and (what we thought) was half of the eastern section, from Brigham Street to the Canarsie Pier. We decided to finish the remaining section of the Shore Parkway Greenway, from the … Continue reading