Downstate New York Rock Walks is both a hiking guidebook and a history book, calling attention to some of downstate New York's most spectacular and historic rocks: balanced rocks, perched rocks, rock shelters, talus caves, glacial potholes, split rocks, rock profiles, historic rocks, and massive, larger-than-life boulders. Many large glacial erratics have a history going back thousands of years to when they were moved to their present location by advancing glaciers. Many served as points of navigational reference at a time when the landscape was featureless and heavily forested, and still others were ceremonial sites for Native Americans. Rock shelters and talus caves have also been used for thousands of years by Native Americans and Europeans seeking refuge from the elements. It is important that these amazing natural wonders of stone be remembered and recorded before they are lost to collective memory or destroyed by the encroachment of civilization. Providing precise GPS location information along with length and degree of difficulty for each hike, Downstate New York Rock Walks will appeal to casual hikers, serious rock explorers, historians, geologists, and anyone wishing to explore some of nature’s greatest wonders within the reach of the lower Hudson River valley.

Join author Russell Dunn as he takes you on an incredible journey across downstate New York to seek out mammoth glacial erratics, balanced rocks, historic rocks, split rocks, sculpted rocks, rock profiles, rock-shelters, caves, and glacial potholes-all geological treasure from the last Ice Age that have never before been gathered together and put into one book. Rock Walks is the perfect go-to resource for individuals and families looking for new outings and adventures.FEATURING 157 CHAPTERS, 400 PAGES OF DENSELY PACKED MATERIAL, AND 200 ILLUSTRATIONS

Join author Russell Dunn as he takes you on an incredible journey across downstate New York to seek out mammoth glacial erratics, balanced rocks, historic rocks, split rocks, sculpted rocks, rock profiles, rock-shelters, caves, and glacial potholes-all geological treasure from the last Ice Age that have never before been gathered together and put into one book. Rock Walks is the perfect go-to resource for individuals and families looking for new outings and adventures.FEATURING 157 CHAPTERS, 400 PAGES OF DENSELY PACKED MATERIAL, AND 200 ILLUSTRATIONS

Join Russell Dunn as he takes you on a breathtaking trek through Central and Western New York State to some of the most incredible and wondrous natural rock formations that the region has to offer. Featured are the rock cities of southwestern New York, including Rock City in Olean and Panama Rocks in Jamaica, Niagara Falls, the Niagara Gorge, and Letchworth State Park (the "Grand Canyon of the East").

Russell Dunn, NYS licensed hiking guide, takes you on an incredible journey across New York State's Greater Capital Region, Catskills, and Shawangunks to balanced rocks, perched rocks, mammoth rocks, historic rocks, painted rocks, split rocks, sculpted rocks, rock profiles, talus rocks, potholes, sinkholes, chasms, tectonic caves, shelter caves, ice caves, fissures, faux volcanoes, and geysers-all as hiking destinations of unbelievable beauty and wonder. Rambles to Remarkable Rocks is the perfect go-to resource for individuals and families seeking new and exciting opportunities for outdoor fun and adventure.

A complete guide and source-book brimming with advice on collecting and preparing gems and minerals .

This completely-revised guide to hiking the Hudson River Valley reveals 50 walks and hikes from Westchester County to Albany County. Still the bestselling hiking guide to the region, this new edition features hikes that offer some of the most breathtaking views in the Hudson Valley—vistas that inspired the Hudson River School of painting and are today no less wild and pristine. Most hikes are within 2 hours of New York City.