John Boyd Thacher State Park

John Boyd 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.

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I just find everything in this buildings architecture to be such shit. Maybe it's all the plastic - state was too cheap to hire a painter to paint every 20 years or so. So instead they'll probably just throw the whole building away in twenty years. It's like the state hired the architect of McDonald's to design it. Truth is probably it's the shit required ny the building codes and the crap mass produced by building industry factories, but it's so generic and crappy. The Adirondack Chairs are nice but the backs are weird angles and actually a bit uncomfortable. .

Saturday June 7, 2025 — John Boyd Thacher State Park