HIKING SITES NEW YORK EAST OF HUDSON
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney, former field chair of the Torrey Botanical Society
Here are plant lists (along with trip directions, history, and geology) for literally hundreds of natural areas within a Torrey Botanical Society region. Just click on the underlined areas!
If you need help finding a specific natural area: control F; then type in the name of the natural area; and click go or ok or hit carriage return (whatever is appropriate).
Warning: This website is very much in progress. But it is better to put the web on line now with what I have than wait for another five years when it will be much more the way it should be. It is still an excellent website, in spite of the warts.
If you want to add something or correct some really bad mistakes just e-mail me at:
I would like to thank the various people who helped out with many of the plant lists, including Karl Anderson of the Rancocas Nature Center and Dr. William Standaert for his many compilations of plants lists. I name a few of them in the section entitled Thank Yous:
Dutchess Co., NY
Far Western Area:
Clermont State Historic Site (and
Columbia County also) (pic1,
2, 3,
4)
Red Hook
Tivoli
Bays Unique Area (view
from Tivoli)
Red Hook
Poets' Walk (pic1) (pic2)
(pic3)
Red Hook
Montgomery Place
Red Hook
Ferncliff Forest Preserve
Rhinebeck
Wilderstein Rhinebeck
Fallsburg Creek Preserve Rhinebeck
Jobsen Swamp Preserve Rhinebeck
Burger Hill Park
Rhinebeck
Mills Memorial State
Park
Hyde Park
Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park
Hyde Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site (Hyde Park Trail)
(pic1) (pic2) (pic3)
Hyde Park
Riverfront Park (Hyde Park Trail) Hyde Park
Springwood (F.D.R. Home N.H.S.) (Hyde Park Trail)
(pic1) (pic2)
Hyde Park
Val-Kill (Eleanor Roosevelt retreat) (Hyde Park Trail)
(pic1) (pic2)
Hyde Park
Fallkill Park Hyde Park
Peach Hill Town Park Hyde Park
College Hill Park
Poughkeepsie
Marist College Park Poughkeepsie
A. C. Dutton Property (hopefully) Poughkeepsie
Victor C. Waryas Park Poughkeepsie
Mid-Hudson Bridge Poughkeepsie
Kaal Rock Park Poughkeepsie
Locust Grove (home of Samuel F. B. Morse) Poughkeepsie
Bowdoin
Park Poughkeepsie
Reese
Sanctuary
Wappinger Falls and Wappinger Township
Reese Park
Wappinger Falls
Stony
Kill Farm Environmental Education Center, Wappinger/Fishkill
Long Dock Beacon
Beacon
Gateway to Mount Beacon Park
Beacon
Denning
Point Park
Beacon
Madam Brett Park, (house front) (house
back)
Beacon
Dutchess Junction Park
Fishkill Township & Village
Fishkill
Ridge Conservation Area: Overlook Trail Breakneck to Scofield to Fishkill
Ridges Fishkill
Beacon
Range
Fishkill
Jean Van Pelt Park
Fishkill
Hudson Highlands State Park:
Fishkill
Sunset Point Fishkill
Sugar Loaf Mountain (pic1) (pic2) Fishkill
Western Central Area:
Roeliff Jansen Kill State Multiple Use Area
Milan
Lafayette State Multiple Use Area (Wilbur Pond)
(Paulins Kill East) (Wilbur Pond
pic) Milan
Wilcox County Park (pic1,
2) Milan
Zipfelberg Bog Preserve
Clinton
Taconic-Hereford State Multiple Use Area
Pleasant Valley
Mary
Flagler Cary Arboretum
Washington/Pleasant Valley
Overlook Preserve
LaGrange
James
Baird State Park LaGrange
Hosner
Mountain AT East Fishkill
Shenandoah
Mountain AT East Fishkill
Eastern Central Area:
Stissing Mountain State Multiple Use Area,
Pine Plains
Thompson Pond, (pic
1, 2, 3,
4, 5) Pine
Plains
Buttercup Farm Sanctuary
Stanford
Tymor Forest Park
Union Vale/Beekman
Nuclear
Lake -- AT Beekman/Pawling
Depot
Hill Multiple Use Area AT
Beekman
Far Eastern Part:
Taconic State Park (Brace Mountain)
Northeast
Taconic State Park (Rudd Pond) (pic)
Northeast
Harlem Valley (see Boyce Park for description; Route 22 goes
up through it):
Harlem Valley Rail Trail
Amenia
Tamarack Preserve Amenia
Wassaic Multiple Use Area (north) Amenia
Wassaic Multiple Use Area (south) Amenia
Seven Wells (Amenia Township) Amenia
Dover Stone Church Preserve Amenia
Nellie
Hill Preserve (Ten Mile River) (pic1,
2)
Dover Township
Dover Furnace
Dover Township
Roger Perry Preserve (Dover Sand Hills) (pic1,
2, 3,
4 )
Dover Township
Sharparoon (near
Swamp River)
Dover Township
Thomas
J. Boyce Park (near Swamp River
into Tenmile R. into Housatonic R.) (pic1,
2) AT
Dover Township
Harlem
Valley Psychiatric Hospital Canoe Access/Great Swamp
Dover Township
Schaghticoke Mountain AT
Dover Township
Leather Hill -- north of AT
Dover Township
Hammersly Ridge AT
Dover Township
Pawling
Nature Preserve
AT (pic)
Dover Township/Pawling
Edward R. Murrow Park
Pawling
Scudiere Preserve (Dutcher Avenue Marsh) Pawling
Corbin
Hill AT Pawling
West Mountain AT
Pawling
Putnam Co., NY
Far Western Area:
iron
industry in the eastern Hudson Highlands
Hudson Highlands State Park:
Philipstown
Hudson Highlands State
Park: Breakneck
Ridge (pic1)
(pic2)
Philipstown
Hudson Highlands State
Park: Bull
Hill (pic1)
Philipstown
Hudson Highlands State Park: Little Stony Point State Park (pic1)
Philipstown
Hubbard/Perkins
Conservation Area Philipstown
Foundry Dock Park
(Chapel of Our Lady)
Cold Spring
(Philipstown)
West Point Foundry
Preserve (waterfall) Cold Spring
Boscobel
Philipstown
Constitution
Marsh Sanctuary (Constitution
Island, 2, 3) Philipstown
Indian Brook Philipstown
Arden Point Park Philipstown
Glenclyffe
Philipstown
Castle
Rock Unique Area (mansion1) (mansion2) Philipstown
Hudson Highlands/Osborne Preserve (includes
Sugarloaf Hill) Philipstown
Manitoga Philipstown
Manitou Point Preserve Philipstown
Currey Pond off the AT Philipstown
Canada Hill AT Philipstown
South Mountain Pass AT Philipstown
Graymoor AT
Philipstown
White Rock AT
Philipstown
Central Area:
White
Pond Multiple Use Area
Kent
Big
Buck Mountain Multiple Use Area Kent
Wonder Lake State Park Kent/Patterson
California
Hill Multiple Use Area Kent
Ninham
Mountain Multiple Use Area
Kent
Ninham Mountain Multiple Use Area: Around
Headquarters
Kent
Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park: Kent/Putnam Valley
Fahnestock
(Canopus Lake) east side
Kent
Fahnestock (Canopus Lake) west side
AT
Kent
Fahnestock (Stillwater Lake)
Putnam Valley
Fahnestock
(Hidden Lake) AT
Putnam Valley
Fahnestock (Mud Lake)
Putnam Valley
Fahnestock (recent additions)
Putnam Valley
Clear Lake Scout Reservation
Putnam Valley
Pudding
Street Multiple Use Area Putnam Valley
Kent Preserve Putnam Valley
Canopus Hill AT
Putnam Valley
Denning Hill AT
Putnam Valley
Fred Dill Wildlife Sanctuary
Carmel
Top Hill Preserve Carmel
Dixon Lake Conservation Area Carmel
Far Eastern Area:
Cranberry
Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Patterson
Elena Hill Preserve Patterson
Michael Ciaiola Conservation Area Patterson
Walter G. Merritt
Conservation Area Patterson
Haviland Hollow
Conservation Area Patterson
Great
Swamp with Plant List
Paterson
Patterson
Environmental Park Patterson
Sterling Farm Preserve Patterson
Cornwall
Hill area Patterson
Luschinsky Preserve Patterson
Turtle Pond (formerly Mendel's Pond) Patterson
Ice
Pond Preserve Patterson
William
Clough Nature Preserve/Great Swamp (Ice Pond into Muddy Brook
to E. Branch Croton River) Patterson
Twin Hill Preserve Patterson
Green
Chimneys School/Hillside Outdoor Education Center/Great Swamp
Patterson
Green
Chimneys Farm and Wildlife Conservation Center
Patterson
Doansburg
Preserve
Southeast
Tilly Foster Conservation Area Southeast
Bog
Brook, Sears Corners Southeast
Ross-Farrell
Woodland Preserve Southeast
Brewster
Pond
Southeast
Cedar
Swamp Preserve (Lake Tonetta Park) Southeast
Peach Lake Natural Area: Paul
Fitchen Preserve (Peach Lake Brook south into Peach Lake) Southeast
Peach Lake Natural Area:
Birdwood
Preserve (Peach Lake Brook south into Peach Lake) Southeast
Peach Lake Natural Area:
Cedar
Swamp Preserve at Birdwood Southeast
Field Farmstead Preserve Southeast
Westchester Co.
Hudson River Coastal Area (far west):
Anthony's
Nose AT skirts
base
Cortlandt
Manitou Hill
HRT
Cortlandt
Camp Smith Cortlandt
Annsville Paddlesports Center
HRT Cortlandt
Annsville Creek Bridge
Hudson Highlands Gateway Park Cortlandt
Sprout Brook Park Cortlandt
Furnace
Brook Headwater Preserve (Furnace Brook) Cortlandt
Steamboat River Park Cortlandt
Montrose Point State Forest Cortlandt
George's
Island (pic1,
2) Cortlandt
Oscawanna Island Nature Preserve (Furnace
Brook) Cortlandt
Graff
Sanctuary Cortlandt
Brinton
Brook Sanctuary Cortland
Charles J. Cook Park (connects to Briarcliff-Peekskill
Trailway) Cortlandt
McGregor Pond Cortlandt
Blue Lake &n
