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Hiking Through History Along Troy’s Wynantskill

Location

Burden Pond Environmental Park: Wynantskill Trail
Corner Route 4 / Mill Street and Campbell Avenue
Troy, NY 12180

42.703948 -73.688466

County: Rensselaer
Region: Upper Hudson

Date(s)

  • September 25, 2021, 1:00PM, Preceded by 12:15 Burden Museum talk on industrial history of the Wynantskill

Details

Event Type Walk/Hike Description Come learn about the local history and the changing landscape of south Troy shaped by the Wynants Kill from Colonial time mills to the Industrial Era Burden Iron Works. Hike through an urban nature preserve with a deep gorge, a water fall, and remnants of dams and infrastructure that upplied water power. We will stand in an area that had once been a mill pond. We will finish at a historic church and vantage point to see where the Burden Iron Works once stood and imagine what it all looked like in the past. Organization Hosting the Event Transport Troy

Additional Information

Some short hill climbs and dirt paths.

Event Duration (hours): 2
Difficulty: Moderate
Length (miles): 2.5
Boots Needed: No

Barrier Free or Wheelchar accessible? No
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