Durand Preserve Behind the North Salem Library

  A few weeks ago…okay, actually a few days before Christmas…I was looking for a short, easy hike to take the kids on while our house was being readied for company and food was being...

Old Field Preserve in Waccabuc, NY

Right after Thanksgiving we visited the Old Field Preserve in Waccabuc, NY. I had read that there was a guided hike scheduled for that day, but we ended up just doing our own thing. (Why...

Mead Memorial Chapel – Waccabuc, NY

Just across the street from the Long Pond Preserve in Waccabuc, NY, Mead Memorial Chapel was built between 1905 and 1907 in the late Gothic Revival style. It was build as a memorial to George...

Long Pond Preserve – Waccabuc, NY

SYNOPSIS: Long Pond Preserve is a short walk that takes you along the edge of a field, then through the woods along the shore of  the western tip of Lake Waccabuc in Northern Westchester. APPROXIMATE...