Bibliograph

Hiking the road to ruins, day trips and camping adventures to iron mines, old military sites, and things abandoned in the New York City area-- and beyond, David A. Steinberg

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Hiking the road to ruins, day trips and camping adventures to iron mines, old military sites, and things abandoned in the New York City area-- and beyond, David A. Steinberg

Language

eng

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hiking the road to ruins

Oclc number

878502993

Responsibility statement

David A. Steinberg

Series statement

Rivergate regionals

Sub title

day trips and camping adventures to iron mines, old military sites, and things abandoned in the New York City area-- and beyond

Summary

"In this easy to use, informative, and occasionally eccentric guidebook, David A. Steinberg blazes the trail to more than twenty-five unusual landmarks and hard-to-find destinations that are mostly within a two-hour drive of New York City. Suitable for the experienced hiker or camping adventurer--as well as anyone that has the desire to explore--Hiking the Road to Ruins has been updated to include detailed directions and GPS coordinates to specific sites as well as many new hikes"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The army tunnels -- Beacon Mountain Casino -- The Boston Harbor islands -- The C & O Canal -- Camp Hero -- The Cornish estate -- Cranberry Lake Preserve -- Dennytown Mines -- Doodletown -- Dunderburg spiral railway -- Great Camp Santanoni -- Harriman Ruins in winter -- Island Pond ranger cabin -- Mines! All mines! -- Mount Hope Historical Park -- Overlook Mountain house -- The pergola -- Ramapo Valley County Reservation -- The roomy mine -- The stone chambers of Mead Farm -- Sylvan Glen Preserve -- Two world's fairs -- Watchung Reservation -- West Point Foundry -- Appendix: Places that aren't mentioned in this book

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