Spring Walk: Vale Park and Cemetery, Schenectady

This walk will focus on trees, wildflowers, ferns, and mushrooms (if we find any!). Vale Cemetery is an historic “rural” cemetery that opened in 1857 with the planting of over 1,000 trees. Today, it is a Level 1 Accredited Arboretum, with trees in the cemetery proper as well as a wilder section in the wooded ravine area where we will be walking. Co-leaders: Betsy Henry and Steve Jones. Directions: Use the entrance off Nott Terrace; from Schenectady’s State St. turn north on Nott Terrace and then right through the entrance; from Union St. turn south on Nott Terrace and left through the entrance. The address of the park is 171 Nott Terrace. (The State St address is for the cemetery proper.)