Thirty nature treks, selected for their natural, stand-alone beauty, are enhanced by tangible silhouettes of a fascinating past, from early Native Americans and Colonial settlers to the Industrial Revolution and Victorian-era grand hotels. Hike to waterfalls, mountains, escarpments, lakes, sculpted rocks, ponds, rivers, islands, caves, balanced rocks, geysers, and deep gorges while visiting the sites of famous battles of the Revolutionary War, ghostly industrial ruins, a Moorish-style castle, views and vistas made world-famous by America’s greatest painters, vanished Shaker communities, great estates of the "Gilded Age," a working lighthouse, and "New York’s Mount Rushmore."
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To find such a wide and eclectic variety between the covers of one book ... is a wonderful gift. -- Karl Beard, New York Projects Director of the Rivers, Trails & Conservation Assistance Program of the National Park Service
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Russell Dunn is the author of an ongoing series of guidebooks to the waterfalls of eastern New York State, including Adirondack Waterfall Guide: New York’s Cool Cascades (Black Dome Press Corp., 2003), Catskill Region Waterfall Guide: Cool Cascades of the Catskills & Shawangunks (Black Dome Press Corp., 2004), and Hudson Valley Waterfall Guide: From Saratoga and the Capital Region to the Highlands and Palisades (Black Dome Press Corp., 2005). He is also the author of Adventures Around the Great Sacandaga Lake (Nicholas K. Burns Publishing, 2002) and has written articles for Adirondack Life, Kaatskill Life, Adirondac, Hudson Valley, Adirondack Explorer, Northeastern Caver, Catskill Mountain Region Guide, Glens Falls Magazine, Voice of the Valley, the National Speleological Society, and Sacandaga Times.
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This review is from: Trails with Tales: History Hikes through the Capital Region, Saratoga, Berkshires, Catskills & Hudson Valley (Paperback)
Excellent resource for walks and hikes with added interests in areas noted for outdoor attractions and history. I plan to use it with friends who like hiking but not the wilderness, or who like history but not hiking!
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Each of the three hikes in this region illustrates the struggles of early colonists as they formed settlements along the Hudson River north of Albany (then called Beverwyck) and attempted to develop the area in and around Saratoga. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hudson River, New York State, Van Buren, Overlook Mountain, Hudson Valley, Catskill Mountain House, Degree of Difficulty, Ice Glen, Peebles Island, Sky Top, Thomas Cole, Mohawk River, Revolutionary War, Rogers Island, Saw Kill, Vroman's Nose, Starks Knob, Bennett Hill, Native Americans, Clarksville Cave, Cedar Grove, Champlain Canal, Pratt Rock, Erie Canal, American Revolution New!
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Each of the three hikes in this region illustrates the struggles of early colonists as they formed settlements along the Hudson River north of Albany (then called Beverwyck) and attempted to develop the area in and around Saratoga. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hudson River, New York State, Van Buren, Overlook Mountain, Hudson Valley, Catskill Mountain House, Degree of Difficulty, Ice Glen, Peebles Island, Sky Top, Thomas Cole, Mohawk River, Revolutionary War, Rogers Island, Saw Kill, Vroman's Nose, Starks Knob, Bennett Hill, Native Americans, Clarksville Cave, Cedar Grove, Champlain Canal, Pratt Rock, Erie Canal, American Revolution New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Native Americans (Sacred Symbols Series) by Mark Lehner on 12 pages
- New York State by Rh Value Publishing on 7 pages
- The People Called Shakers by Edward D. Andrews on 4 pages
- The American Revolution: A MyReportLinks.com Book (U.S. Wars) by Carl R. Green on page 12, page 16, and page 19
- The Catskills: An Illustrated Historical Guide with Gazetteer by Arthur G. Adams in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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