Plotter Kill Preserve
Plotter Kill Nature Reserve | |
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Rotterdam (town), New York, USA | |
Use | Recreation and Natural History |
Difficulty | Easy |
Season | All year round |
Sights | Variety of birds and other wildlife |
Hazards | High unstable cliff edges |
The Almy D. Coggleshall Plotter Kill Preserve is a 632-acre (256 ha) nature reserve and hiking area located on
Etymology
Plotter Kill is most likely a corruption of "platte kill", which is also found in Ulster County. "Platte" is Dutch for "flat", and kill denotes stream or creek.
General description
The preserve is named after
Natural history
Many of the flat rock layers, exposed by water flow and erosion over the last 20,000 years, were originally formed during the Mohawkian age of the Ordovician period, approximately 450 million years ago. These layers appear rectangular, featuring orthogonal joint sets.
The Plotter Kill Preserve is ideal for nature study and is used by local schools and
In literature
The falls are mentioned in the journals of Samson Occam Mohegan (1723 - 1792). The entry for Wednesday 29 November 1786 reads "Some time after breakfast Mr Henry Fero and I went to see the falls and it is a grand sight, the power of God is to be seen here."[3]
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Sign in the Parking Lot of the Copland Road entrance.
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View of the Upper Falls
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View of Upper Falls in winter
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View of the Upper Falls from the Blue Trail
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View of Second Fall during the Summer.
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View of the renovated trail in 2010.
The trailhead
The trailhead and general access is located on Mariaville Road (route 159). To reach it leave
References
- ^ "An Early advocate for Adirondacks dead at age 91". Schenectady Gazette. 2009-01-06.
- ^ a b "Schenectady County web site". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
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Occom, Samson (May 2006). Joanna Brooks (ed.). The Collected Writings of Samson Occom, Mohegan: Literature and Leadership in Eighteenth-Century Native America. Oxford University Press. p. 350. ISBN 0-19-517083-0.