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 John Boyd Thacher State Park - Voorheesville, NY Posted by:  ripraff
N 42° 39.326 W 074° 01.210
18T E 580309 N 4723017
Thacher State Park is on the Helderberg Escarpment, which has fossils, and is between the Catskills and the Adirondacks. The Helderberg Escarpment is a 3-mile- long, 1200-foot-high limestone escarpment.
Waymark Code: WMZ595
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2018
Views: 1
( visit link) "Thacher State Park is situated along the Helderberg Escarpment, one of the richest fossil-bearing formations in the world. Even as it safeguards six miles of limestone cliff-face, rock-strewn slopes, woodland and open fields, the park provides a marvelous panorama of the Hudson-Mohawk Valleys and the Adirondack and Green Mountains. The park has volleyball courts, playgrounds, ball fields and numerous picnic areas with nine reservable shelters. Interpretive programs are offered year-round, including guided tours of the famous Indian Ladder Trail. There are over 25 additional miles of trails for summer hiking and mountain biking, and winter cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, and snowmobiling."
Park Type: Overnight
Activities:
volleyball courts, playgrounds, ball fields, summer hiking and mountain biking, and winter cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling.
Park Fees:
Vehicle Entrance Fee
$6.00
Collected 9am-6pm daily
May 1 - October 31
Background:
https://parks.ny.gov/parks/attachments/ThacherHistoryofThacherStatePark.pdf
"The escarpment was formed more than 100 million years ago, when layers of limestone, sandstone, and shale were uplifted and eroded by wind, water, and other elements. As softer rock wore away, limestone broke off along vertical cracks, leaving a jagged, perpendicular wall. Thacher Park includes this escarpment and extends west along the wide, elevated plateau on top...In the 1830s, geologists began studying the region’s superb exposures of upper Silurian and Devonian strata and its extraordinary collection of marine fossils. ..Emma Thacher (1850–1927) later donated 350 acres to New York State for public parkland."
Link to Park: [Web Link]
Date Established?: Not listed
Additional Entrance Points: Not Listed
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