Downstate New York Rock Walks

Author : C. Russell Dunn
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781438494692

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Downstate New York Rock Walks by C. Russell Dunn Pdf

Downstate New York Rock Walks is both a hiking guidebook and a history book, calling attention to some of downstate New York's most spectacular and historic rocks: balanced rocks, perched rocks, rock shelters, talus caves, glacial potholes, split rocks, rock profiles, historic rocks, and massive, larger-than-life boulders. Many large glacial erratics have a history going back thousands of years to when they were moved to their present location by advancing glaciers. Many served as points of navigational reference at a time when the landscape was featureless and heavily forested, and still others were ceremonial sites for Native Americans. Rock shelters and talus caves have also been used for thousands of years by Native Americans and Europeans seeking refuge from the elements. It is important that these amazing natural wonders of stone be remembered and recorded before they are lost to collective memory or destroyed by the encroachment of civilization. Providing precise GPS location information along with length and degree of difficulty for each hike, Downstate New York Rock Walks will appeal to casual hikers, serious rock explorers, historians, geologists, and anyone wishing to explore some of nature’s greatest wonders within the reach of the lower Hudson River valley.

Author : Russell Dunn
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1795857986

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Rock Walks: An Explorer's Guide to Amazing Boulders and Rock Formations of Downstate New York by Russell Dunn Pdf

Join author Russell Dunn as he takes you on an incredible journey across downstate New York to seek out mammoth glacial erratics, balanced rocks, historic rocks, split rocks, sculpted rocks, rock profiles, rock-shelters, caves, and glacial potholes-all geological treasure from the last Ice Age that have never before been gathered together and put into one book. Rock Walks is the perfect go-to resource for individuals and families looking for new outings and adventures.FEATURING 157 CHAPTERS, 400 PAGES OF DENSELY PACKED MATERIAL, AND 200 ILLUSTRATIONS

Author : Russell Dunn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798602007381

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Rock Walks by Russell Dunn Pdf

Join author Russell Dunn as he takes you on an incredible journey across downstate New York to seek out mammoth glacial erratics, balanced rocks, historic rocks, split rocks, sculpted rocks, rock profiles, rock-shelters, caves, and glacial potholes-all geological treasure from the last Ice Age that have never before been gathered together and put into one book. Rock Walks is the perfect go-to resource for individuals and families looking for new outings and adventures.FEATURING 157 CHAPTERS, 400 PAGES OF DENSELY PACKED MATERIAL, AND 200 ILLUSTRATIONS

Author : Alan Via
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781438478388

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Doghiker by Alan Via Pdf

A comprehensive guidebook for dog owners that includes seventy-seven great hikes from the Adirondacks through the Catskills. Much more than a guidebook showing readers great places to hike with their canine companions in upstate New York, Doghiker is a dog owner’s operating manual and tool kit. A lifelong dog owner, Alan Via makes a strong case for responsible ownership and offers guidance on selecting a canine hiking companion, training, safety, appropriate gear, canine first aid, and keeping your dog fit and healthy. Covering the Adirondacks through the Catskills, and areas in between, this unique guidebook includes seventy-seven beautiful hikes that are great for dogs. Each hike has a custom topographic map showing parking areas, trails, viewpoints, water sources, and other points of interest. Included are a peak-finder map and chart showing every hike and a summary of rating categories, as well as information on total mileage, elevation gain, ratings for views, difficulty level, dog safety and hazards, hiker traffic, trail conditions, and whether a leash is suggested or required. Detailed driving directions for each outing, including GPS coordinates for key intersections and trailheads, are also provided. By presenting all of this information, drawn from Via’s forty-plus years of hike leadership, readers can easily evaluate which hike fits their needs and get outside and explore the great outdoors with their four-legged friends.

Author : Randi Minetor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493012268

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Hiking Waterfalls in New York by Randi Minetor Pdf

From the top of the Adirondack Northway to the precipitous drop that creates Niagara Falls, Hiking Waterfalls in New York State provides all of the information readers need to find their way to waterfalls hidden in the crevices of the Catskill Mountains, high on the faces of the High Peaks, flowing through magnificent gorges into the Finger Lakes, or deep in the backcountry of the Southern Tier. Detailed driving and hike descriptions include slices of history and glimpses of geology. GPS coordinates, maps, and color photos of over 100 of the state's best waterfalls make certain that hikers and sightseers will find their way to these sparking gems, whether they can be seen from the roadside or at the end of a lengthy trail. The book has less than 10 percent overlap with FalconGuides' popular Hiking New York.

Author : Shaunna L. Scott
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1995-02-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438419275

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Two Sides to Everything by Shaunna L. Scott Pdf

This is an oral history and ethnography of miners and their families in Kentucky focusing on political ideology and working class consciousness. Harlan County, Kentucky emerged in the public eye during the 1930s when poverty, unemployment, and violent unionization struggles caught the attention of the national news media and the American people. It burst on the scene again during the 1972-73 Brookside strike, an event chronicled in the Academy Award-winning film, "Harlan County, U.S.A." In this book the author brings the American reader up to date on this interesting community by documenting the everyday lives of Harlan miners and their families in the mid-1980s. Using a neo-Marxian perspective, Two Sides to Everything characterizes the nature, limitations, and transformative potential of class consciousness among two generations of Harlan miners. It also elucidates the apparent contradictions between popular images of central Appalachians, as militant labor activists, on one hand, and passive, traditional, fatalistic "hillbillies," on the other. The book accomplishes these tasks through a systematic consideration of the relationship between the central experiential bases and sources of identity among Harlan county miners—class, kinship, community, religion, and gender.

Author : Maxine N. Lurie,Marc Mappen
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813533254

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Encyclopedia of New Jersey by Maxine N. Lurie,Marc Mappen Pdf

Everything you've ever wanted to know about the Garden State can now be found in one place. This encyclopaedia contains a wealth of information from New Jersey's prehistory to the present covering architecture, arts, biographies, commerce, arts, municipalities and much more.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Geology
ISBN : UCSD:31822009097080

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Journal of Geoscience Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Frodeman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780791487440

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Geo-Logic by Robert Frodeman Pdf

Seeks to redraw the boundaries between the fields of geology and environmental philosophy.

Author : Tom Fox
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781978814028

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Creating the Hudson River Park by Tom Fox Pdf

The 4-mile-long, 550-acre Hudson River Park is nearing completion and is the largest park built in Manhattan since Central Park opened more than 150 years ago. It has transformed a derelict waterfront, protected the Hudson River estuary, preserved commercial maritime activities, created new recreational opportunities for millions of New Yorkers, enhanced tourism, stimulated redevelopment in adjacent neighborhoods, and set a precedent for waterfront redevelopment. The Park attracts seventeen million visitors annually. Creating the Hudson River Park is a first-person story of how this park came to be. Working together over three decades, community groups, civic and environmental organizations, labor, the real estate and business community, government agencies, and elected officials won a historic victory for environmental preservation, the use and enjoyment of the Hudson River, and urban redevelopment. However, the park is also the embodiment of a troubling trend toward the commercialization of America’s public parks. After the defeat of the $2.4 billion Westway plan to fill 234 acres of the Hudson in 1985, the stage was set for the revitalization of Manhattan’s West Side waterfront. Between 1986 and 1998 the process focused on the basics like designing an appropriate roadway, removing noncompliant municipal and commercial activities from the waterfront, implementing temporary improvements, developing the Park’s first revenue-producing commercial area at Chelsea Piers, completing the public planning and environmental review processes, and negotiating the 1998 Hudson River Park Act that officially created the Park. From 1999 to 2009 planning and construction were funded with public money and focused on creating active and passive recreation opportunities on the Tribeca, Greenwich Village, Chelsea, and Hell’s Kitchen waterfronts. However, initial recommendations to secure long term financial support for the Park from the increase in adjacent real estate values that resulted from the Park’s creation were ignored. City and state politicians had other priorities and public funding for the Park dwindled. The recent phase of the project, from 2010 to 2021, focused on “development” both in and adjacent to the Park. Changes in leadership, and new challenges provide an opportunity to return to a transparent public planning process and complete the redevelopment of the waterfront for the remainder of the 21st-century. Fox’s first-person perspective helps to document the history of the Hudson River Park, recognizes those who made it happen and those who made it difficult, and provides lessons that may help private citizens and public servants expand and protect the public parks and natural systems that are so critical to urban well-being.

Author : Eric D. Lehman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614231394

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Hamden by Eric D. Lehman Pdf

Sail into New Haven Harbor and trek toward the beautiful form of the Sleeping Giant to discover Hamden, a picturesque gem nestled in the rolling hills of Connecticut. Witness the birth of the ?Industrial Revolution with the building of Eli Whitney's famous factory, wander past the buried cars in the Ghost Lot of Hamden Plaza and hear the tale of the courageous Hamden soldiers who fought in the Civil War. Journey with Eric D. Lehman as he uncovers the hidden stories of this fascinating Connecticut town, from its humble Puritan beginnings to its modern-day splendor.

Author : Jean Craighead George
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Travel
ISBN : WISC:89003270105

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The American Walk Book by Jean Craighead George Pdf

On title page: An illustrated guide to the country's major historic and natural walking trails, from New England to the Pacific Coast.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Performing arts
ISBN : UCSC:32106020452071

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The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920- by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781438429755

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Woodstock by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eugene Clute,Russell Fenimore Whitehead,Kenneth Reid,Elizabeth L. Cleaver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 940 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1972-07
Category : Architectural drawing
ISBN : UOM:39076000282975

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Progressive Architecture by Eugene Clute,Russell Fenimore Whitehead,Kenneth Reid,Elizabeth L. Cleaver Pdf