Events

Supervisor's History Walk of Rockland Lake

Location

Rockland Lake State Park - Parking Field 1
299 Rockland Lake Road
Valley Cottage, NY 10989

County: Rockland
Region: Lower Hudson

Date(s)

• September 23, 2017, 9:00AM

Details

Event Type Walk/Hike Description For this year’s Supervisor’s walk join Clarkstown Supervisor George Hoehmann for a very special history walk of Rockland Lake with Robert Maher, President and Founder of The Friends of Rockland Lake and Hook Mountain, Inc. and the author of Rockland Lake, Hook Mountain and Nyack Beach, Acadia Publishing. Rob will lead a three hour walking tour of the ice house foundations, center of the old town of Rockland Lake and will lead us to the banks of the Hudson River where barges and paddlewheel steam ships once left to travel to NYC. The tour will include historical facts and folklore as the group explores one of Clarkstown’s former major hamlets. Organization Hosting the Event Town of Clarkstown

Registration

Advance registration required.
Pre-registration is required by calling 845-639-6200 or emailing recreation@clarkstown.org by Friday, September 15, 2017. The group size will be limited to the first 40.

Additional Information

The walk will have three segments, 1. The first hour on flat paved paths to the ice house foundations. 2. The second hour through woods to a hilly roadway as we walk into the old town of Rockland Lake. 3. The third hour from the old town to the shore of the Hudson River, along a paved road but down and up a very steep hill

Event Duration (hours): 4
Difficulty: Difficult
Length (miles): 2
Boots Needed: No

Barrier Free or Wheelchar accessible? Portion
Additional Wheelchair Info: Only the first hour of tour is accessible.