Short Escapes near New York City Book

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
WHERE TO FIND EACH EXPERIENCE
HOW TO USE SHORT ESCAPES
EXPERIENCES 1-6: HUDSON VALLEY, NY
Piermont-on-Hudson — The Footpath from Gotham
Irvington-on-Hudson — Washington Irving's Sunnyside Home
Rockefeller State Park — The Land of Ichabod Crane
Dunderberg Mountain — The Lost Railroad
Cold Spring-on-Hudson — Ruins of a Lost Time
Schunemunk Mountain — a Forgotten People
EXPERIENCES 7-9: CATSKILL REGION, NY
Lake Minnewaska — Battle to Save the 'Gunks'
Woodstock — The Times They Are A-Changin'
North/South Lakes — The Catskill Mountain House
EXPERIENCES 10-11: DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY
The Mills Estate — A Romantic Landscape
Stissing Mountain — A Living Exhibit
EXPERIENCES 12-15: LONG ISLAND, NY
Fire Island — A Sunken Forest Next to the Sea
Whitman House — In the Footsteps of Walt Whitman
Shelter Island — Shelter from the Storm
Hither Hills — Cowboys & Tribes, Poacher's & Spies
EXPERIENCES 16-18: CONNECTICUT
Peoples Forest — Lost Tribes
Mine Hill Preserve — A Blast from the Past
Guilford — A Utopian Dream
EXPERIENCES 19-23: NEW JERSEY
Jockey Hollow — The Soldier's Camp
Norvin Green — A Hideaway for Nature's Friends
Wawayanda — After the Fiery Furnace
High Point — High Atop the Endless Mountain
Delaware Canals — The Lessons of Time
EXPERIENCES 24-25: PENNSYLVANIA
Bowman's Hill — TheBoys of Winter
Delaware Water Gap — The Wonder of the Gap
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