Arden Point and Glenclyffe

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The other day I visited Arden Point and Glenclyffe.

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Arden Point is a peninsula on the Hudson River in Garrison, NY. The trail starts at the end of the Garrison Metro North Station. From there a wooded trail parallels the train tracks and the Hudson River. It eventually divides with one trail going over the train tracks to loop around Arden Point eventually returning to the bridge over the tracks. Although not a long walk it has some impressive views looking both to the north and the south.

After you return over the railroad tracks, turn right and the trail continues to Glenclyffe is a 93-acre parcel of land on the Hudson River. It’s now the site of the Open Space Institute (housed in a quite spectacular former monastery). There’s also what now looks like, an abandoned mansion once owned by New York Governor, US Senator and Secretary of State (under Ulysses S. Grant) Hamilton Fish. Grant and President Abraham Lincoln, both visited it. One of the trails maps the route taken by Benedict Arnold as he fled down to a dock on the river, where he took a boat to H.M.S. Vulture to escape the British.

All told I walked for about three hours.

I have more pictures. If interested, you can find them here.

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Taken with a Sony RX10 IV

Reading by the river

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I generally go for lunch by the Hudson on Sundays. After a big lunch I’m usually in need or a nap, so I usually go straight home.

It was a nice day, so I decided to sit by the river for a while and read. I ended up staying for about two hours.

By that time, I was quite hot and thirsty so since I had been sitting near 3 Westerley I decided to pop in and have something to drink: two pints of Smithwicks.

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Taken with a Sony RX10 IV

Meeting Alexander in New York City for dinner – Beginning my walk along the East River

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As I started my journey up the walkway along the East River I turned around and looked south along the river. This is the view I encountered: pretty spectacular. I guess the East River is more impressive that I thought it was. And if you look at a map, you’ll find that the East River is much narrower than the Hudson River, which passes along the other side of Manhattan Island.

Taken with a Sony RX10 IV