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Coles Creek State Park

Recently we have been posting notes and comments about activities in and around Robert Moses State Park near Massena, New York. However, that park is not the only fabulous park in the northern reaches of the state. A few miles west of Robert Moses State Park is Coles Creek State …

Moses-Saunders Power Dam

The Moses-Saunders Power Dam straddles the St. Lawrence River near Massena, New York. If you visit the area you can drive onto Barnhart Island via a tunnel under the Eisenhower Lock of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The photo on the right was taken from the New York Power Authority’s Hawkins …

View from Hailes Cave

This is a middle of summer view of the Berkshires from Hailes Cave area of Thacher State Park. At this time of year it is typical for this scene to be blurred by the haze of seasonal humidity. On this particular day in late August the air was exceptionally clear. …

Thacher Park View

Here is a 360o from the picnic area near the Haile’s Cave area of Thacher State Park. This is an experiment to find an acceptable panorama view plugin that works in WordPress. So far, this is the best one I have found. The others I have tried are terrible.

If you go about 1/4 mile farther along the road from this site you will come to the gate for the rock climbing access. The views from this entire segment of the park are fabulous. On this day we could see all the way to the Berkshires.

Not bad, eh?