Peebles Island State Park in Cohoes is a well-known yet often overlooked treasure, right in the middle of the Capital District. There are remnants of Revolutionary War fortifications as well as a historic textile factory. [...]
A two-mile long hike. Highlights will include the High Point multi-state view, old stone walls, karst topography, and new friendships There is no significant elevation change; some of the footing is rocky. Avid hikers may [...]
Lanford Wood Community Forest is a new 500-acre preserve owned by Hudson Taconic Lands. It is mostly wooded and should have early spring wildflowers along the trail. The trail does climb several hundred feet so [...]
Knox Wetland Preserve, Knox: A broad boardwalk, accessible for people with mobility issues, takes us through prime birding habitat, where we can see species like Virginia Rail, Sora, Common Gallinule, American and Least Bittern, as [...]
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 [...]
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