Walk the Land: Geology Walk with Bob Titus
WHEN: Saturday, April 5, 2025, from 10:00am – 12:00pm
WHERE: Burger Hill, 3137 New York 9G, Rhinebeck, NY 12572. (41.9222, -73.87384)
REGISTERDrayton Grant Park at Burger Hill in Rhinebeck is an ideal year-round hiking spot. In warm weather the majority of its 76 acres are milkweed-filled grasslands rife with butterflies and rarely seen (in NY state) birds like bobolinks. At the top of the 550-foot hill, the 360-degree views are stunning and uninterrupted, the Catskills seeming an arm-length away. Geologist Bob Titus invites you to imagine what the site and scenes were like millennia ago, when the Hudson Valley Glacier was receding, carving the landscape and depositing debris in its wake. How did the hill come to be? Join us for a walk and talk with Bob at Burger Hill, a Winnakee Land Trust property, as he takes us back in time and conjures the Drayton Hill Park of long, long ago.
Bob will have copies of his books, including the most recent, The Hudson Valley in the Ice Age, A Geographical History and Tour (Black Dome Press, $17.95) on hand for purchase.