The Catskill Park
DOWNLOAD
Download The Catskill Park PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get The Catskill Park book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
The Catskill Park
DOWNLOAD
Author : Norman James Van Valkenburgh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Catskill Park written by Norman James Van Valkenburgh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Catskill Forest Preserve (N.Y.) categories.
History of New York State's Catskill Park (established 1904) and the Catskill Forest Preserve (established 1885), one of the earliest experiments in environmental conservation in the United States, wherein wildlands coexist with private property within the blue line of the Catskill Park. Illustrated with 32 pages of color photographs and more than 70 historical & contemporary B&W photographs, and including the Carpenter Report, an 1886 inventory of the Catskill Mtns., including its streams and rivers, game, forests & industry.
The Catskill Park Completing The Vision
DOWNLOAD
Author : Open Space Institute
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The Catskill Park Completing The Vision written by Open Space Institute and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Travel categories.
Making Mountains
DOWNLOAD
Author : David Stradling
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2009-11-23
Making Mountains written by David Stradling and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-23 with History categories.
For over two hundred years, the Catskill Mountains have been repeatedly and dramatically transformed by New York City. In Making Mountains, David Stradling shows the transformation of the Catskills landscape as a collaborative process, one in which local and urban hands, capital, and ideas have come together to reshape the mountains and the communities therein. This collaboration has had environmental, economic, and cultural consequences. Early on, the Catskills were an important source of natural resources. Later, when New York City needed to expand its water supply, engineers helped direct the city toward the Catskills, claiming that the mountains offered the purest and most cost-effective waters. By the 1960s, New York had created the great reservoir and aqueduct system in the mountains that now supplies the city with 90 percent of its water. The Catskills also served as a critical space in which the nation's ideas about nature evolved. Stradling describes the great influence writers and artists had upon urban residents - especially the painters of the Hudson River School, whose ideal landscapes created expectations about how rural America should appear. By the mid-1800s, urban residents had turned the Catskills into an important vacation ground, and by the late 1800s, the Catskills had become one of the premiere resort regions in the nation. In the mid-twentieth century, the older Catskill resort region was in steep decline, but the Jewish "Borscht Belt" in the southern Catskills was thriving. The automobile revitalized mountain tourism and residence, and increased the threat of suburbanization of the historic landscape. Throughout each of these significant incarnations, urban and rural residents worked in a rough collaboration, though not without conflict, to reshape the mountains and American ideas about rural landscapes and nature.
Hiking The Catskills
DOWNLOAD
Author : Randi Minetor
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-08-01
Hiking The Catskills written by Randi Minetor and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Hiking the Catskills provides everything hikers need to plan day hikes in the Catskill region of New York State: a five-county area west of the Hudson River that includes parts of Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Sullivan and Ulster counties. This guide selects 40 hikes from the best among the Catskills’ famous peaks above 3,500 feet, as well as more moderate trails to backcountry waterfalls, easier trails to some of the area’s most spectacular viewpoints, and rail trails that provide access to fragrant woodlands and unusual geological wonders. This book provides a separate, full-color, detailed map for each hike—making it different from books by the Appalachian and Adirondack Mountain Clubs—and waypoint-by-waypoint directions to guide readers along trails with confidence. Color photos and descriptions of the history, natural wonders, and special features of each hike help readers choose the best hikes for their personal interests and skill levels. In a region largely abandoned by tourists and just now seeing renewed interest from visitors, Hiking the Catskills provides the guidance readers need to plan exciting trips into the mountains. This book leads them to the ridges, notches, and cloves that inspired a uniquely American landscape painting style, the vistas that drew thousands of vacationers here throughout the twentieth century, and the peaks that challenge the most rugged explorers. It’s time to rediscover the Catskills, one of New York’s most fascinating natural areas.
Wild Scenic And Recreational Rivers In The Catskill Park
DOWNLOAD
Author : Catskill Center for Conservation and Development
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Wild Scenic And Recreational Rivers In The Catskill Park written by Catskill Center for Conservation and Development and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Conservation of natural resources categories.
The Future Of The Catskills
DOWNLOAD
Author : New York (State). Temporary State Commission to Study the Catskills
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The Future Of The Catskills written by New York (State). Temporary State Commission to Study the Catskills and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) categories.
The Catskills
DOWNLOAD
Author : Thomas Morris Longstreth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1921
The Catskills written by Thomas Morris Longstreth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1921 with Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) categories.
The Catskill Park
DOWNLOAD
Author : Norman James Van Valkenburgh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Catskill Park written by Norman James Van Valkenburgh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Catskill Forest Preserve (N.Y.) categories.
The Forest Preserve Of New York State In The Adirondack And Catskill Mountains
DOWNLOAD
Author : Norman James Van Valkenburgh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
The Forest Preserve Of New York State In The Adirondack And Catskill Mountains written by Norman James Van Valkenburgh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with New York State Forest Preserve (N.Y.) categories.
50 Hikes In The Catskills First Edition Explorer S 50 Hikes
DOWNLOAD
Author : Derek Dellinger
language : en
Publisher: The Countryman Press
Release Date : 2017-06-13
50 Hikes In The Catskills First Edition Explorer S 50 Hikes written by Derek Dellinger and has been published by The Countryman Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-13 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The essential guide to hiking the majestic Catskill Mountains With soaring mountain tops and wide-ranging trails, the Catskills offer a truly special hiking experience to travelers of all kinds. Catskill veterans Derek Dellinger and Matthew Cathcart explore trails for every level of hiker, from the gentle but breathtaking slog up Slide Mountain, the tallest in the region, to the more challenging Cornell Mountain, a favorite of those more experienced. No matter your hiking goals, this guide will help you find the perfect trail for you among the Catskills’ 700,000 acres of natural treasure. In this beautiful first edition of 50 Hikes in the Catskills, as with all the books in the 50 Hikes series, you’ll find clear and concise directions, easy-to-follow maps, and expert tips for enjoying every moment of your hike—whether you’re looking for sublime mountaintop views, peaceful walks through nature, or your next great challenge—all in a gorgeous, full-color design.