Mendon Ponds Park - U.S. National Natural Landmarks on Waymarking.com

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Mendon Ponds Park

in U.S. National Natural Landmarks

Posted by:

MrsMcFly

N 43° 01.606 W 077° 34.250

18T E 290541 N 4766994

Quick Description: Mendon Ponds Park has a wide variety of glacially created landforms.

Location: New York, United States

Date Posted: 6/2/2008 7:35:15 AM

Waymark Code: WM3XX5

Published By:

BruceS

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Long Description:
Mendon Ponds has over 2,500 acres, making it the largest park owned by Monroe County. It received it's designation as a National Natural Landmark in November 1967 due to the unique glacial features including kettle holes, eskers, kames, bogs and ponds.

"Devil's Bathtub" is a kettle hole that is also a meromictic lake.

Predominate Feature: Kettles, kames, eskers, bogs, ponds, meromictic lake

Parking/Access Location: N 43° 0.472 W 77° 33.247

Ownership: Other Public Entity

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Landmark's Website: [Web Link]

Admission Charged: Not Listed

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At least one photograph with gps or waymarker must be posted.

Visitor should describe the experiance of their visit.

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