Photographing rock formations in NYC/NJ/PA

[Marilyn Henrion]

would like to find good sites to photograph geological formations in NYC, northern NJ, or northeastern PA...not too agile at my age so no rock climbing!

thanks

 

[Ed Wetschler]

Marilyn, in Manhattan I like the rock formations in and around Fort Tryon Park, by the Cloisters. There's one place in particular where you cross a bridge while looking down at the chasm they blasted for the road below. Of course, you could argue that this isn't quite natural. 

Heading down Route 209 in PA, I like the view of the New Jersey cliffs rising out of the water; look for "overlook" near the bottom of this map: see http://www.nps.gov/dewa/planyourvisit/upload/DEWAmapbotCOLj.pdf    The rock walls in Dingman Falls are pretty fine, too.

But by now you can see I'm crazy about cliffs, and I'm not sure that's what you want. 

[Evelyn Kanter]

The cliffs and caves at Inwood Hill Park, at the northern tip of Manhattan, where Peter Minuit is reputed to have purchased the island from the Manhatta tribe for $24 in trinkets.  When I was a kid growing up in this part of Manhattan, we still could find arrowheads in the caves.  Wish I was smart enough then to keep them.

[Ed Wetschler]

It's not your lack of smarts, Evelyn: We're all kicking ourselves because of the stuff we threw out or misplaced over the years. Oh, that Mickey Mantle baseball card !!!

[Geri Bain]

Along the NJ coast, the Palisades are lovely. You can see them from the NY side, but if you want to get close to them, there is a park on the NJ side that runs along the river just north of the George Washington Bridge with hiking trails that take you up to the cliffs. I used to hike there as a kid, but haven't been there for years... maybe someone else on this forum has been there more recently?

[Jim DeLillo]

Marilyn,

See my Blog entry...

http://www.tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/hiking-mohonk-in-new-yorks-...

Great easy hiking right past the rock climbers.

=jim=

[Marilyn Henrion]

A big thanks to all who responded....exactly the kind of information I needed! I'm preparing new work for my next solo exhibition scheduled for October 2012 at Noho Gallery in Chelsea. For a preview of the series, entitled "Complexity", I invite you to visit the page on my website: http://www.web.me.com/marilynhenrion/marilynhenrion/Complexity.html

[Evelyn Kanter]

Marilyn --

Send me full info when your exhibit opens, and I'll post it on my NYC events and deals website, www.NYContheCheap.com.

Cheers,

Evelyn Kanter

[Stuart Schneider]

I am a photographer and a fluorescent minerals collector and author, so I go to Ogdensburg and Franklin, NJ to dig and find material. The rock formations are not overly exciting, but the rocks are, so I go often during the warm months. If you have not taken the tour of the Sterling Hill mine in Ogdensburg, you must take the tour. Usually at 1 PM on most days and especially on weekends. The tour takes you into the upper part of the old mine and the temperature is a steady 55 degrees, so dress for the cool. To see some of the fluorescent minerals that come out of these two, now no longer operating, mines, check out my website at www.wordcraft.net. The pieces are shown in daylight and under SW and LW Ultraviolet. The colors are amazing. Stuart