Trails with Tales She suffered frozen hands during

She suffered frozen hands during unexpected snowstorms in November and batted mosquitoes and black flies in the June swelter

taking you to the highest waterfall in New York State

from early Native Americans and Colonial settlers to the Industrial Revolution and Victorian-era grand hotels

Hikes include: Starks Knob & Schuylerville Champlain Canal Towpath -- Saratoga National Historic Park -- Geyser Park -- Vischer Ferry Nature & Historic Preserve -- Peebles Island State Park -- Oakwood Cemetery -- Burden Pond Environmental Park -- Ann Lee Pond -- Indian Ladder -- Bennett Hill Preserve -- Clarksville Cave Preserve -- Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve -- Balanced Rocks -- Shaker Mountain -- No Bottom Pond -- Tyringham Cobble -- Ice Glen & Laura’s Tower -- Ashintully Estate & McLennan Preserve -- Vroman’s Nose -- Pratt Rock -- Lindenwald & Martin Van Buren Nature Trail -- Rogers Island -- Olana -- Montgomery Place -- Ravena Falls -- Hudson River School Art Trail -- Catskill Mountain House Escarpment -- Saugerties Lighthouse -- Overlook Mountain -- Sky Top & Mohonk Lake

bitter rivalries

Trails with Tales She suffered frozen hands duringAuthors: Russell Dunn and Barbara Delaney Forward: Karl Beard Thirty nature treks, selected for their natural, stand alone beauty, are enhanced by tangible silhouettes of a fascinating past, from early Native Americans and Colonial settlers to the Industrial Revolution and Victorian era grand hotels. Hike to waterfalls, mountains, escarpments, lakes, sculpted rocks, ponds, rivers, islands, caves, balanced rocks, geysers, and deep gorges while visiting