DOCSLIB.ORG

March-April, 1982 Newsletter of the Adirondack Mountain Club

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
March-April, 1982 Newsletter of the Adirondack Mountain Club LONG ISLAND MOUNTAINEER MARCH-APRIL, 1982 NEWSLETTER OF THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN CLUB LEARN SELF-SUFFICIENCY BEYOND THE TRAILHEAD: BACKPACKING INSTRUCTION CAN OPEN THE WAY! There are over Zh million acres of land Boots, and Care Thereof; 3) Clothing with over 900 miles of marked trails in the from the Skin Out Plus Rain Gear; 4) Forest Preserve of the Adirondack and Cat- Sleeping Systems and Shelter; 5) Food skill Mountains. There are 34 mountains and Cooking; 6) Maps, Trail Guides, and over 3500 feet in the Catskills and 42 the Compass; 7) Trail and Camp Safety; mountains over 4000 feet high in the and 8) Trip Planning. The instructor will Adirondacks. There are many 2 or 3 day be Dick Furman, an experienced outdoorsman weekend trips or week-long trips that can qualified to teach you how to travel be planned to cover any degree of challenge comfortably and safely in a wilderness to suit everyone's ability or desire. At situation. a lower elevation there is a trail running Registration information: a minimum for 130 miles with an elevation gain of age of 18; a fee of $10 for Adirondack less than 200 feet that takes an average Mountain Clab members; a fee of $15 for of 19 days to complete. So, if hiking and non-members; maximum enrollment of 30; climbing are your desires, this backpacking and payment in person no later than the course is for youi second class session on March 11. Make The course is designed to encourage your check payable to ADK, Long Island and support the novice in getting started Chapter; collected money will support and to broaden the more experienced educational and conservational goals of campers' abilities to enjoy the pleasures the ADK. of wilderness travel. Learn to travel Persons interested in an Adirondack light and easy, to live in comfort and Mountain Club membership should write to harmony with nature and to camp without Betty Keegan, 30' Lenox Road, Apt. 2L, leaving a sign of your presence there. Rockville Centre, New York 11570. Eight Thursday night sessions are scheduled to meet in room 110 at Hunt­ ington High School from 7:30-9:30. Huntington High is located at the north­ east corner of Oakwood and McKay Roads. It is five traffic lights north on Oakwood from its intersection with Jericho Turnpike. The class dates are March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, 22, 29, and May 6. Class topics will prepare you for your outdoor adventures: Class 1) Introduction to Care and Use of the Wilderness; 2) The Backpack, FROM THE PRESIDENT'S PEN - Bill Crump ** THOSE ADK TAX DEDUCTIONS CAN ADD UP #* When the time comes for you to compile The schedule below shows typical deduc­ your itemized Income tax deductions be sure tions for food, tolls, and mileage (IRS to take into consideration your contributions allows 9<fc per mile) as figured from the to ADK. An active ADKer can often take ad­ carpool location. Any passenger reimburse­ vantage of the non-profit, educational status ments should be subtracted from these of ADK beyond the tax deductible membership amounts by drivers. Passengers, of course, fees. I have outlined below a short dis­ should use their carpool fare plus meals as cussion of acceptable deduction practices. their out-of-pocket expenses. These de­ Receipts or personal journals will be re­ ductions should be inserted on Line 22 quired to substantiate deductions. (Other than Cash Contributions) of Schedule 1) ADK Membership Fees - As shown in the A of your tax form. table below, the tax deductible portion of 3) ADK Main Club Committee Meetings - your membership fee is what remains after Attendance at ADK committee meetings, subtracting the 35% chapter membership fee generally scheduled during a weekend, are and the $3.60 Adirondac Magazine subscrip­ a tax deductible service and can be a re­ tion fee. This amount is inserted on line warding experience. Anyone interested in 21a (Cash Contributions) of Schedule A of pursuing participation in these activities your tax form (1040). should see me for information about up­ 2) Trail and Facility Maintenance coming meetings. Meetings can be held any­ Outings - Besides having a great time and where in NY State, but are usually located helping to further the cause of conserva­ in Albany, Glens Falls, Westchester or the tion, you can have the pleasure of knowing Adirondack areas. The table below contains that Uncle Sam is willing to foot part of typical deductions for a committee the bill for these events. Out-of-pocket meeting held in Glens Falls. These expenses associated with participation in deductions also go on Line 22 of the following outings are deductible. Schedule A of your tax form. a)NY/NJ Trail Conference sanctioned Why not start tax planning for 1982 "Litter Days" in Harrirnan Park. right now. Plan to participate in some b) ADK trail maintenance outings such new ADK activities and reap the rewards as the Long Path in the Catskills of a better club and a better environ­ and "The Brothers" trail near ment plus the added bonus of a break on Keene Valley. next year's taxes. Those ADK tax c) ADK Loj and John's Brook Loj deductions really do add up. cleanup weekends. Cash Contributions (line 21a) Membership to Adirondack Mountain Club, Inc. and Types of Membership: Active + Contributing •+ Ac t ive Associate Contributing Associate Membership Fee $20.00 $ 25.00 $ 30.00 $ 35.00 Total Deduction $ 9-^0 $ 12.65 $ 15.90 $ 19.15 "Other Than Cash Contributions" (Line 22) Approximate Miles Food Tolls Total Deduction Spring Litter Day - Harridan Park 120 1 meal f3T50 $ 15.00 Fall Litter Day - Harrirnan Park 120 1 meal 3.50 15.00 Catskill Trail Maintenance 300 3 meals 4.50 41.00 Adirondack Trail Maintenance 600 8 meals 7.00 81.00 "The Brothers" ADK Loj Cleanup Weekend 600 2 meals 7.00 66.00 JBL Cleanup Weekend 600 2 meals 7.00 66.00 ADK Committee Mtg at Glens Falls $20 1 meal 4.50 45.00 3 CONSERVATION - Paul Lanzillotta posing the technical errors had held off the inevitable introduction of the pro­ Lobbyists are again gearing up for a posal several times since August 1980. fight over a New York State bottle bill An entirely new dues schedule drawn up which is expected to pass this year. by Walt Hayes (Schenectady) was presented Passage will not come without planning and and approved after many attempts to dras­ strategy, however; as environmentalists tically alter it. The final vote of expect that a substantial 'grass roots' 28-5 was a victory for the entire club. campaign will be needed to assure that Classification Current Revised legislators know what the public expects. Active $20 $22 Opponents have already begun to act, and Over 65 10 10 have come up with an alternative program. Associate 8 Senator William T. Smith, who has opposed 5 10 12.50 the bill for years, has introduced alter­ Student native legislation which has provisions Contributing 30 50 •100 for programs to set up grants for litter Sustaining 75 control, implement recycling, and to set The increase for the active class is up a state litter abatement patrol by minimal. A 10% increase over four years of teenagers and other unemployed individuals double digit inflation is almost unheard for minimum wage. of. The over 65 people can celebrate. Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink wanted They will have no increase. The basic to assign the bottle bill to the Environ­ family membership (active + associate) mental Conservation Committee which would will rise only $5. have greatly improved its chances for The schedule is designed to encourage passage. However, objections by the the more highly dedicated/affluent mem­ Assembly caused him to have second thoughts bers to shoulder a greater share of the about doing so. Another positive aspect is dues burden and relieve the young and that Sen. Fred J. Eckert, an opponent of less affluent members. This innovative the bill, resigned as chairman of the schedule will maintain the Club's mem­ Senate Conservation and Environment Commit­ bership base, and attract new members tee and was replaced by Li's own Senator to keep the Club young and vital. John Dunne, who was a sponsor of the bill This dues schedule must pass a second last year. vote at the Aug. BoG meeting. Should it The public showed much interest in the be approved then, it will become the dues bill last year which resulted in the schedule for 1983. strongest support year. It is not too early SEARCH OOMM FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - to begin writing to State Senators and SC chair, Don Berens, announced over 220 Assemblymen. With our help, cleaner streets applicants had responded so far. He was and parks can be possible in 1982. happy to report many are promising and The Main Club Conservation Committee several are 'highly desirable.* The SC passed two resolutions at its January ninth will have completed Its work by March meeting. One calls for the removal of James 16. The BoG votes on the SC selection Watt from the position of Secretary of the and a new Executive Director may be Interior due to his land management policies approved as early as March 27. which threaten the environment. The second NOMINATING COMM - Larry is an appointee resolution petitions State Conservation Positions of president and three vice Commissioner Robert Flacke to deny permits presidents must be filled. Any sugges­ for power plant conversion to coal where tions? Contact Larry. (516 35^ 8507) effective flue gas desulfurlzation and NEW CARETAKER'S BUILDING - It has particulate removal systems are not provided been erected at Heart Lake.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Rartioter Vol
    rartioter Vol. XII, No. 1 WINTER 1 9 7 9 BLACK DOME IN 1924 The Catskill Mountains have been known to white men for three hundred years and their valleys have been settled more than a cen- tury. It would seem as if all their summits ought by this time to be easily accessible by well known trails. Yet there are a dozen or more of the higher ones, above 3500 feet, which have no trails to their summits and which are climbed only by the exploring hiker, or perhaps a bear hunter in winter. I recently found another trackless peak, Black Dome, just under 4000 feet--3990 according to the Durham sheet of the United States Geological Survey--on a week-end climb in the northern Catskills. There is no trail over it, and the only paths that reach its flanks are faded out logging roads in the valleys north and south, attain- ing heights 1500 feet below its highest point. Black Dome is the central and highest of the three peaks that make up the Blackhead Mountains, running east and west, Black Head being the easternmost, then Black Dome and the last Thomas Cole. The other two are about fifty feet lower than the Dome. South of them is the valley of the East Kill, north that of Batavia Kill. North of Black Head runs a long ridge to Acra Point, then turning west to Windham High Peak. South this ridge runs through North Mountain and Stoppel Mountain to Kaaterskill Clove. Black Head is accessible by a good trail.
    [Show full text]
  • Halcott Mountain Wild Forest Unit Management Plan
    New York State Department ofEnvironmental Conservation Division ofLands and Forests Halcott Mountain Wild Forest Unit Management Plan Towns ofLexington and Halcott Greene County August 2001 GEORGE E. PATAKI, Governor ERIN M. CROTTY, Commissioner New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner's Office, Room 608 ...., 50 Wolf Road, Albany, New York 12233-1010 ,...,.. Phone: (518) 457-3446 • FAX: (518) 457-7744 Erin M. Crotty Website: www.dec.state.ny.us Commissioner MEMORANDUM TO: The Record SUBJECT: Halcott Mountain Wild Forest Unit Management Plan DATE: July 31, 2001 A Unit Management Plan for the Halcott Mountain Wild Forest has been completed. The Plan is consistent with the guidelines and criteria of the Catskill Park State Land Master Plan, the State Constitution, Environmental Conservation Law, and Department rules, regulations and policies. The Plan includes management objectives for a five-year period and is hereby approved and adopted. 1Qssion~ TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface . page 2 Introduction ................................................................. page 3 Facilities Map ............................................................... page 4 I. Location and Description of Unit .............................................. page 5 II. Inventory, Use and Capacity to Withstand Use .................................. page 6 Natural Resources ....................................................... page 6 Facilities and Systems .................................................... Page 8 Cultural Resources
    [Show full text]
  • The Catskill Canister Volume 52 Number 2 April - June 2019
    The Catskill Canister Volume 52 Number 2 April - June 2019 View from Twin. Photo by Jason Pelton, #3013 W1211 In this issue: President's Column Trail Mix: News and Notes from the Club Winter Weekend recap A Road Less Traveled... The Catskill 200 Camping with Children Did you know? The Catskill Adventure Patch Catskill Park Day 2019 A year spent climbing Remembering Father Ray Donahue Wildflowers - readers' favorite spots Fond memories of the Otis Elevator Race Nettles - A forager's delight Conservation Corner Annual Dinner announcement Hike Schedule Member lists Editor's Notes 1 Spathe and Spadix The President’s Column by Heather Rolland When the Catskill 3500 Club was created, our mission – to promote hiking the high peaks of the Catskills, to promote social interaction among Catskill high peak hikers, and to support conservation of these places – filled a void. In a world with no internet and thus no social media, helping hikers connect with each other was a valued and needed service. Because if there’s one thing I’ve learned in my decade or so of involvement with this club, it’s that the only thing hikers enjoy more than hiking is talking about hiking! Sharing war stories, trading bushwhack routes, and waxing euphoric about views… hikers, it would seem to me, love the replay with the like-minded as much as they love the adventure itself. But things have changed, and now that camaraderie is available in spades via social media. Leave No Trace is a national not-for-profit environmental organization on the frontlines of dealing with the good, the bad, and the ugly of managing the immense current upsurge in popularity of hiking and outdoor recreation.
    [Show full text]
  • Catskill Trails, 9Th Edition, 2010 New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
    Catskill Trails, 9th Edition, 2010 New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Index Feature Map (141N = North Lake Inset) Acra Point 141 Alder Creek 142, 144 Alder Lake 142, 144 Alder Lake Loop Trail 142, 144 Amber Lake 144 Andrus Hollow 142 Angle Creek 142 Arizona 141 Artists Rock 141N Ashland Pinnacle 147 Ashland Pinnacle State Forest 147 Ashley Falls 141, 141N Ashokan High Point 143 Ashokan High Point Trail 143 Ashokan Reservoir 143 Badman Cave 141N Baldwin Memorial Lean-To 141 Balsam Cap Mountain (3500+) 143 Balsam Lake 142, 143 Balsam Lake Mountain (3500+) 142 Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Tower 142 Balsam Lake Mountain Lean-To 142, 143 Balsam Lake Mountain Trail 142, 143 Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest 142, 143 Balsam Mountain 142 Balsam Mountain (3500+) 142 Bangle Hill 143 Barkaboom Mountain 142 Barkaboom Stream 144 Barlow Notch 147 Bastion Falls 141N Batavia Kill 141 Batavia Kill Lean-To 141 Batavia Kill Recreation Area 141 Batavia Kill Trail 141 Bear Hole Brook 143 Bear Kill 147 Bearpen Mountain (3500+) 145 Bearpen Mountain State Forest 145 Beaver Kill 141 Beaver Kill 142, 143, 144 Beaver Kill Range 143 p1 Beaver Kill Ridge 143 Beaver Meadow Lean-To 142 Beaver Pond 142 Beaverkill State Campground 144 Becker Hollow 141 Becker Hollow Trail 141 Beech Hill 144 Beech Mountain 144 Beech Mountain Nature Preserve 144 Beech Ridge Brook 145 Beecher Brook 142, 143 Beecher Lake 142 Beetree Hill 141 Belleayre Cross Country Ski Area 142 Belleayre Mountain 142 Belleayre Mountain Lean-To 142 Belleayre Ridge Trail 142 Belleayre Ski Center 142 Berry Brook
    [Show full text]
  • Description of the Silver City Quadrangle
    DESCRIPTION OF THE SILVER CITY QUADRANGLE. By Sidney Paige. INTRODUCTION. The individual ranges, such as the Dragoon, Chiricahua, Pinalino, Mountain ranges of northern New Mexico. Its appearance is that of Galiuro, Santa Catalina, Tortilla, Final, Superstition, Ancha, and an upthrust of pre-Cambrian rocks, flanked on both sides by Paleozoic GENERAL RELATIONS OF THE QUADRANGLE. Mazatzal mountains, rarely exceed 50 miles in length or 8,000 rocks dipping away from the core. The extreme southwest corner of New Mexico embraces a part of a The Silver City quadrangle is bounded by meridians 108° feet in altitude. * * * Their general trend * * * near the Mexican border * * * becomes more nearly north and south, province foreign to the Territory as a whole that of the Arizona and 108° 30' and parallels 32° 30' and 33° and includes one- and the mountain zone as a whole coalesces with a belt of north-south desert ranges, numerous and small, trending northward and separated fourth of a "square degree" of the earth's surface, an area, in ranges which extends northward through New Mexico and borders by desert basins. That these ranges are post-Cretaceous admits of that latitude, of 1,003 square miles. It is in southwestern New the Plateau region on the east. little doubt. Probably they were outlined during the same early Mexico (see fig. 1) and almost wholly in Grant County, but Tertiary deformation that produced the ranges of the Rio Grande along the east half of its south side it includes a narrow strip The northward-trending ranges, such as the Peloncillo, valley.
    [Show full text]
  • Finding Aid to the Lone Mountain College Collection of Stereographs and Other Photographs by Eadweard Muybridge, 1867-1880
    http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf6t1nb6w7 Online items available Finding Aid to the Lone Mountain College Collection of Stereographs and Other Photographs by Eadweard Muybridge, 1867-1880 Processed by Alyson Belcher. Revised by James Eason, 2020. The Bancroft Library © 1996 The Bancroft Library University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 [email protected] URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library BANC PIC 1971.055 1 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library Title: Lone Mountain College collection of stereographs and other photographs by Eadweard Muybridge Creator: Eadweard Muybridge Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1971.055 Physical Description: 1800 photographs(approximately) : 6 albums (chiefly half stereographs), stereographs on card mounts, and 39 oversize prints. 1727 digital objects Date (inclusive): 1867-1880, bulk 1868-1875 Abstract: The Muybridge Lone Mountain Collection of photographs consists of 1700 stereographs, 6 albums and 39 individual photographs by Eadweard Muybridge, chiefly taken during the years 1867 to 1875. Language of Material: Collection materials are in English Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog. Access Originals restricted. Viewing prints are available under the call number BANC PIC 1971.055--PIC. Individual prints, original stereographs and albums may be viewed only with the permission of the appropriate curator. Publication Rights Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks.
    [Show full text]
  • Ride Sheet 2018-Prf2
    BROOME 85 Exit NYS THRUWAY 21A COEYMANS Dormansville 32 9W 9J JEFFERSON BLENHEIM RENSSELAERVILLE 143 Alcove Ravena Reservoir WESTERLO Coeymans 143 Hollow 144 145 30 Preston Hollow O. NEW BALTIMORE Y C ALBAN . Hannacroix CO GILBOA GREENE Greenville Coxsackie Res. 87 17 CONESVILLE Oak Hill 9J 23 59 81 Surprise Exit Stamford Gilboa Stuyvesant 10 14 20 Durham 21B Utsayantha Schoharie 3 9 Matt’s Cycle Center Reservoir Mtn (3214') East 81 . DURHAM GREENVILLE . 10 Durham O IE O R SUNSIDE RD Climax A C 39 OH C CH E Cornwallville 20 S EEN CO. Freehold GR 7 Earlton Coxsackie 23 PRATTSVILLE CO. 53 Catskill r STAMFORD 11 e WINDHAM COXSACKIE v 23 41 385 i 7 10 21 20 67 R 10 CATSKILL 57 STOCKPORT 4 ASHLAND 19 9W 145 A I Prattsville 63 15 Windham CAIRO Hollister Sleepy E 30 Windham B Cairo Lake N 5 High Peak Acra Hollow E 23 M 12 (3526') PARK Lake E 31 U 2 23 Ashland Creek ATHENS R ROXBURY 23A L South 28 Black 49 G O Roxbury Dome Purling Cairo C Jewett Maplecrest (3991') Greene County 87 . 23C Round Top 23 Visitor Center Athens 66 Thomas Cole 32 74 O S C . 3 c JEWETT Mtn (3945') Blackhead Leeds ho 385 Hudson O h Mtn (3984') Exit ar 13 E C ie 17 23C Iannace’s 21 CATSKILL Stewart’s Shop A R Cycle Shop XtraMart A E Vly Mtn East Jewett BOUNDARY N 23A W 296 Asads Rip Van E (3529') Winkle 9 23B A E Last Chance Antique & Cheese Café Cumberland L Onteora Mtn (3230') GREENPORT R Creek Farms Bridge E Valero Maggie's Krooked Café & Juice Bar 23 G Speedway 30 Claverack D HALCOTT West Cumberland American Glory Bastion Falls eek Farms BBQ r Kill Hunter B 25 C Stewart’s Haines Kaaterskill Falls Ronnie MacGregor's Pub Falls 23A Catskill 9H 6 Shop 18 83 Molly Smith MIDDLETOWN 42 D 23A Parking Lot CATSKILL Hunter Mountain Resort Jagerberg Alpine Tannersville Palenville BOUNDARY LEXINGTON Tavern Sunoco Halcott Mountaintop Visitor Center 32 Mountain Hunter 47 LIVINGSTON Mtn Circle W General Store 30 (3537') North Dome HUNTER 9W (4050') Palenville Market 32A Fleischmanns O.
    [Show full text]
  • Chairman's Corner
    TRAILMARKER Newsletter of the Adirondack Mountain Club – Iroquois Chapter Established in 1972 September/October, 2020 Elm Lake, photo credit: Dave Pisaneschi Chairman’s Corner In referencing past chairman corners, I noted that there is one recurring theme: the need to have more volunteers to lead trips in addition to just me or members from other chapters. More trip leaders will offer a variety of excursions, such as bike, kayak, and hiking, suitable for all levels. The basis of the ADK is outdoor education, conservation, recreation. Sadly, the chapter is not carrying any weight concerning our trip schedule, which is disconcerting. Should you be an active outdoor enthusiast, please consider leading a trip for the Iroquois chapter. Please give me a ring to discuss further should you have any concerns or questions. Know that your help would be most appreciated. The directors from the First Baptist Church have given us permission to have meetings in the hall, providing we socially distant among ourselves. There will be the usual business meeting followed by a program. Snacks will be provided, along the line of individually wrapped bars or fruit, for example. As part of the business meeting, Wendy Sanders will present her idea for sponsoring a chapter challenge, with a vote to expend chapter funds should the concept be accepted. Her proposal is within the confines of this newsletter for your perusal. I encourage your attendance and participation in this matter. Trailmarker Page 2 Iroquois Chapter September/October, 2020 Chairman’s Corner continued: In thinking out loud, (with no immediate plan of action) and due to the Covid situation, I am toying with changing monthly meetings to bi-monthly meetings, especially if attendance is poor for the September meeting.
    [Show full text]
  • The Catskill Canister Volume 53 Number 4 October - December 2020
    The Catskill Canister Volume 53 Number 4 October - December 2020 Eastern Devil's Path from Hurricane Ledge. Photo by Tony Versandi #1488 W637 The newsletter will print best if downloaded as a pdf file directly from the Club's site In this issue: President's Column Trail Mix: News and Notes from the Club The Diogenes Challenge An Ode to Rocky SPRUCE? FIR? BOTH? NEITHER? WHY A Friend of the Mountains Is a Friend of Mine This Fall, Take the Ones Less Traveled A Perfect Time in Schoharie County...for The Scary 19 In Memoriam Hike Schedule New Member Lists Editor's Notes Attention all members in good standing! Since the Club was not able to have an annual meeting and our by-laws require the election of officers yearly, the 3500 Club Nominating Committee is asking for your help by responding to this notice. The Club normally votes for our officers at the annual meeting, but, because of COVID-19, New York State law allows us to conduct a mail in vote. We need your timely response by September 30th to stay in compliance with our by-laws. Thank you in advance! As this issue of The Canister went to press, all members in good standing (i.e., a member who is either a life member or is up to date with their dues) have been already notified of the vote. As a reminder, the ballot form can be found here and your responses should be forwarded to this address. Thank you for your timely responses! 1 Trail Spice The President’s Column by Maria Bedo-Calhoun Well…here we are approaching the fall and still adjusting to these different times! I think no one will be surprised that the Annual Dinner is still on hold.
    [Show full text]
  • The Stratigraphic Section in the Vicinity of Eureka, Nevada
    The Stratigraphic Section in the Vicinity of Eureka, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 276 The Stratigraphic Section in the Vicinity of Eureka, Nevada By T. B. NOLAN, C. W. MERRIAM, and J. S. WILLIAMS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 276 Revision of the pre- Tertiary stratigraphy of east-central Nevada UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1956 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Douglas McKay, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY W. E. Wrather, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. C. - Price $1.00 (paper cover) CONTENTS Page Page Abstract_ _____________________ 1 Silurian system.___________________________ 36 Introduction. _--___-______--___- 2 Roberts Mountains formation.__________ 36 Acknowledgments- --.-_---___-_-. 3 Lone Mountain dolomite__________... 37 Structural setting._______________ 3 Devonian system.__________-_-_-__--_____. 40 Economic significance. _-__._. 5 Nevada formation_________--______--. 40 Cambrian system.________________ 5 Beacon Peak dolomite member. 42 Prospect Mountain quartzite.. 6 Oxyoke Canyon sandstone member... 43 Pioche shale_______--_-_-_.__. 7 Sentinel Mountain dolomite member. 43 Eldorado dolomite___________ 9 Woodpecker limestone member. 44 Geddes limestone.___________ 11 Bay State dolomite member.--...--. 45 Secret Canyon shale._________ 12 Devils Gate limestone._________________ 48 Lower shale member. .... 13 Meister member.__________________ 49 Hayes Canyon member.____________ 49 Clarks Spring member.._ 14 Devonian and Mississippian systems. ________ 52 Hamburg dolomite.___-_.____ 16 Pilot shale________-__-_-___--__---_-_. 52 Dunderberg shale.___________ 18 Carboniferous systems_.____-__-______-__- 54 Windfall formation.__________ 19 Mississippian system._________--,___-_- 54 Catlin member._________ 20 Joana limestone,___________________ 54 Bullwhacker member.
    [Show full text]
  • Index of Place Names
    Index of Place Names 1 Arden-Surebridge Trail · 50-1 Arden Valley Road · 49, 51 1776 House · 26 Arizona plateau · 142-3 Artist Rock · 141 A Ash Street · 28 Ashland Pinnacle · 162 A-SB Trail, See Arden-Surebridge Trail view of · 201 Abrams Road · 57 Ashland State Forest · 161-2 Adirondack Park, See Adirondacks Ashokan High Point Adirondacks, 5-7, 9, 123,197, 200 view of · 110 view of · 145, 148, 157-8, 203, 205, Ashokan Reservoir 207 view of · 108-10, 126-8 Airport Avenue of the Pines · 200 gliderport · 75, 242 Sha-Wan-Gun ·75 Wurtsboro · 76, 79, 234, 242 B Albany · 7, 15, 236 Badman’s Cave · 141 view of · 128, 141-3, 148, 162, Baker Road · 95 213 Balanced Rock · 29, 128 Albany County · 4, 7, 182, 187, 191, Baldwin Memorial Lean-to · 115, 117, 193-4, 250 245, 252 Albany County Route, See Route Baldwin Road · 171 Albany Doppler Radar Tower · 190, Bangle Hill · 99-100 197, 201 Barlow Notch · 151-2 Albany Militia · 171 Barrett Road · 240 Albert Slater Road · 164 Barton Swamp Trail · 60-2 Allegheny State Park · 104 Basha Kill · 76, 87, 227, 229-31 Allison Park · 18-20 view of · 81-2 Allison, William O. · 19-20 Basha Kill Rail Trail · 227, 229-30 Alpine . 18 Basha Kill Wildlife Management Area · Alpine Approach Trail · 22 76, 87, 227, 229-31 Alpine Boat Basin · 18, 20, 22 Bashakill · 227 Alpine Lookout · 18, 21 Basher Kill · 227 Altamont · 5, 7, 209, 213, 251 Batavia Kill · 4, 139, 246-7 Amalfi Batavia Kill Lean-to · 141, 143, 146, garden · 23 247, 252 Anderson, Maxwell · 41 Batavia Kill Trail · 139, 141, 143, Appalachian Trail · 3, 6-7, 37,
    [Show full text]
  • Local Hiking Trails Walking Paths Along Esopus Creek / Emerson Meadows Please Enjoy a Moment Taking in the Surrounding Nature
    Local Hiking Trails Walking Paths Along Esopus Creek / Emerson Meadows Please enjoy a moment taking in the surrounding nature. We have a small viewing pond and there is a path along the Mt. Pleasant Road berm from which to watch the Esopus Creek. There are a few paths from the berm down to the creek for exploring. You can follow the road down to the corner where it ends at an overlook of the confluence of the Little Beaverkill and Esopus Creeks. Our property also features many acres of rolling meadows for hiking and exploring. The Woodland Trail, starting near Ralph’s Café’s outdoor patio, leads to the Brookside Wander, our protected native plant environment, then passes through an old pine grove on its way to our sporting fields. Esopus Creek Maurice Hinchey Catskill Visitor’s Center The Visitor Center provides stewardship and information about the Catskill Mountains. There is a sculpture art park and they have many displays for regional education, history, and conservation. Inside you can see an impressive 3D projected topographic model of our Catskill Mountains. Venturing outside of the Center, check out the newly restored 80 foot fire tower. The cab (very top of the tower) is typically open and staffed on weekends Memorial Day through Columbus Day. You will also find a short series of simple trails. There is also a short network of well-maintained walking paths through the sur- rounding woods, including two loop trails – The Old Field Trail and the Winnie Farm History Trail. Both are flat and easy to walk.
    [Show full text]