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editor — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:38:00 +0000

CATS KILL PARK Second only to the Adirondack Park in size and importance, New York’s Catskill Park encompasses a scenic mountain region in the southeastern part of the state. Public lands within the park comprise the Catskill Forest Preserve. A number of wilderness areas here protect much of the wildest and most beautiful scenery. Motor vehicles are prohibited and other uses restricted within these areas. Virtually all of the park’s terrain is mountainous, with 34 peaks over 3,500 feet elevation. Highest is 4,180-foot Slide Mountain. Superb views are available from mountaintops, open ledges, and clearings. Many valleys consist of private

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NEW YORK

editor — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 15:35:00 +0000

BEST AREAS FOR WILDERNESS CAMPING ADIRONDACK PARK 2,400,000 acres of state-owned land (6,000,000 acres including private lands). Dominating the upper part of New York State, this enormous and spectacular state park is the largest park of any kind in the United States outside of Alaska. There’s more wilderness here than any location east of the Mississippi. The publicly-owned portion of the park has been designated the Adirondack Forest Preserve, and these lands are permanently protected and will remain forever wild. Private landholdings inside the park are subject to possible development, however. The Preserve has a number of designated wilderness areas

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New York Map

editor — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:47:05 +0000

New Amsterdam In 1609 the East India Company of Holland sent an Englishman. Henry Hudson, to look for a westward route to the Indies. He didn’t find what he was after but he sailed up the broad river (later named after him) that empties into the bay and discovered the beautiful, bountiful Hudson Valley. Returning to Holland with quantities of furs, fruit and tobacco. Hudson stirred up a good deal of interest. A group of merchants founded the United New Netherland Company, which was to have a trading monopoly in the area. Then, in 1621, the Dutch West India Company

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