2021-03-12 41 -73
| Fri 12 Mar 2021 in 41,-73: 41.9039790, -73.5297650 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
Just off an old road in rural, remote North East, NY.
Participants
Plans
Even though this hash is a bit of a poke from my humble abode, I'm deciding to pull the trigger. Venturing out into lands unknown on a Friday night is a good way to celebrate one's freedom from the rut of the workweek. I'm planning on heading here right after work, which will take about 50 minutes or so. If I get there by 6:00, I'll still have just enough daylight left to appreciate my quaint surroundings. I've never been to North East before, but it's intrigued me in the past because it's the farthest reach of Dutchess County, NY.
The drive itself should be easy even without a GPS, but the hard part will be figuring out where to park once I get there. It looks like there's not much room to pull over on the side of the road near the hash itself, and down the road there's an old barn and a dirt driveway but I don't want to risk parking on someone's front yard. There is a safe option though: 0.7 miles away is parking for the Harlem Valley Rail Trail. Ordinarily, I wouldn't mind walking 1.4 miles at all, but I'm worried that I'll be walking back to my car in the dark, which is a recipe for disaster on small country roads. Then again, it is a lovely day outside, and the hash will take me one minute to get to from the road so the whole thing shouldn't take too long if I'm brisk about it. Nothing risked, nothing gained.
One more thing I'd like to stop by on the way is the Coleman Station Burying Ground, also known as the Oblong Rural Cemetery. I didn't realize this area was so historic, and I'm a sucker for insanely old gravestones. I'll elucidate some more on the area's history once the deed is done, it's pretty cool stuff.
