Catskills Scenic Drive: Ncig Saib Cov Daus Toj ntawm Immortal

Txoj Kev Backroads Los ntawm New York lub Catskill Roob

Txoj Kev Los ntawm Catskill, New York, ua raws li New York State Route 23 West rau Prattsville. Backtrack Route 23 East to State Route 23A East los ntawm Catskill Park. Thaum Route 23A East sab hnub tuaj, ua raws li US Route 9W North rau Route 23 East. Taug kev hla Rip Van Winkle Choj (tus xov tooj hu), ces lem sab xis rau State Route 9G South rau sab laug tes rau Olana State Historic Site.

"Zoo siab txais tos rau thaj av ntawm Rip Van Winkle," nyeem ib daim ntawv qhia tias cov neeg tsav tsheb tuaj sab hnub poob hauv Route 23 mus rau lub roob toj roob.

Nws yog nyob rau hauv cov ancient, grey sandstone peaks, ntawm chav kawm, tias Washington Irving tus neeg nyiam ua cim pom coj txawv txawv quavntsej ua si ntawm ninepins, quaffed lawv cawv, thiab ces pw rau ib hmo uas lasted 20 xyoo. Storytellers thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm txhawb zog siab cov toj roob hauv pes no nyob hauv boreal hav zoov los ntawm kev paub txog kev ntseeg ntawm kev ntseeg ua ntej lub tebchaws tau los ua ib qho kev pom zoo thiab nrov vacationland. Lub legendary scenes ntes tau ntawm canvas thiab kaw nyob rau hauv fables caij nplooj ntoos hlav mus rau lub neej raws li koj ua raws li txoj kev curvy ntawm no skyward tsav.

Hauv East Windham, nco ntsoov khiav tawm Route 23 ntawm Point Lookout. Nyob rau hnub ntshiab, qhov kev saib xyuas ntawm ib sab ntawm tus Captain's Inn Point Lookout (yav dhau los Point Lookout Mountain Inn) affords views ntawm tsib lub xeev. Raws li Route 23 tseem nce ub nce no, koj yuav tau nkag mus rau hauv Catskill Park, thaj tsam 700,000-ev tsaws (yuav luag loj li Rhode Island) uas muaj cov pejxeem thiab pejxeem hauv plaub lub nroog.

Vim tias lub tiaj ua si yog tsim nyob rau hauv 1885, lub xeev cov chaw, tiv thaiv hauv Catskill Forest Preserve, tau nthuav tawm los ntawm 34,000 rau ze li 300,000 acres. Nrog cuaj caum yim yim peaks tshaj peb txhiab ko taw, lub Catskills yog ib qho ntawm New York lub caij ntuj sov cov caij ntuj sov tshaj plaws; Windham, lub tsev rau lub caij ua si ntawm Windham Toj siab, yog thawj ob peb lub caij skij teb chaws uas koj tuaj ntsib.

Thaum koj mus ze Prattsville, koj yuav pom Pratt Rock, ib qho ntawm lub xeev cov quirkiest attractions. Zadock Pratt, leej twg tuaj rau Catskills ua ib tug me nyuam tub, ua hauj lwm thiab khij nyooj kom txog thaum nws muaj peev xwm qhib lub tannery nyob rau hauv Schoharie Creek, noj kom zoo dua ntawm lub pob zeb khoob loj, qhov tseem ceeb rau cov tawv nqaij ua. Tsis pub dhau nees nkaum xyoo, nws tau txais txiaj ntsig, khwv tau ib lub nroog tag nrho, qhib lub txhab nyiaj uas nws tau siv nws cov nyiaj, thiab tau los sib tw hauv Congress. Raws li lub zos zaj dab neeg, thaum lub teeb ci ntsa iab tsiv los ntawm xyoo 1843, Pratt muab nws tsib caug xees pov nws profile rau ntawm ib lub roob sab nrauv. Txaus siab rau qhov tshwm sim, nws commissioned nws tag nrho lub neej zaj dab neeg txaug rau hauv lub ntsej muag lub ntsej muag. Cov qhua uas nce lub serpentine inclines ntawm Pratt Pob Zeb yuav pom ib tug nees, ib qho hemlock thiab lwm cov cim, nrog rau Pratt's tsho ntawm caj npab thiab motto: "Ua zoo thiab tsis ntseeg."

Yuav ua li cas pib raws li ib tug monument ua thawj coj los ua ib qho memorial rau Pratt tus tub xwb, George, tus tsov rog Civil War, nws bust tau ntxiv rau lub tsib-pua-taw pob zeb phab ntsa tom qab nws tuag ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Manassas. Tsis muaj ib tug neeg txais cuab yeej rau nws lub teb chaws, Pratt yog tsis nco qab deb tshaj qhov ciaj ciam ntawm lub nroog nws hloov, tab sis nyob rau hauv Prattsville, qhov twg nws 1829 lub tsev yog tam sim no lub Zadock Pratt Museum, nws tseem yog ib tug lus dab neeg.

Koj yuav dhau mus rau qhov chaw nuv ntses thaum koj khiav Route 23A East nrog rau Troharie Creek mus rau Hunter thiab Tannersville, ob lub toj roob hauv pes uas muaj kev lom zem nrog cov neeg tuaj ncig xyuas lub caij ntuj no, caij nplooj ntoos hlav fly-nuv ntses, caij ntuj sov caij nplooj ntoos hlav thiab poob nplooj ntoos-peeping caij ntawm Hunter Roob. Lub qhov muag-catching, cedar log complex koj yuav pom nyob rau sab laug ua ntej koj mus cuag Hunter yog St. John tus Baptist Ukrainian Catholic lub Koom Txoos. Lub 1962 basilica thiab lwm yam kev tsim tau los ua tsis tau rau tes, hauv cov txwm lus Italian architectural style. Cov qhua tuaj yeem ua qauv qe cuisine ntawm lub koom txoos lub caij ntuj sov lub caij ntuj sov brunches.

Thaum Route 23A nqis mus rau Haines Falls, saib rau sab laug mus rau North Lake Road / County Road 18, qhov chaw uas koj yuav pom qhov nkag mus rau North-South Lake: lub xeev plaj, chaw pw hav zoov thiab khaws cia.

Cov neeg ua haujlwm uas ua raws li Escarpment Trail rau thaj chaw cov ntsiab lus zoo li Artist's Pob Zeb thiab lub vev xaib ntawm lub Catskill Mountain House-uas suav peb thawj tswj hwm ntawm nws cov neeg qhuas cov qhua thaum 1824 thiab 1941- yuav zoo siab rau kev pom zoo rau cov ntaub ntawv ntawm tsev kawm ntawv Hudson River School xws li Thomas Cole, leej txiv ntawm thawj lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm American painting painting.

Kaaterskill Falls , New York cov dej siab tshaj ob-tiered dej thiab lwm qhov chaw ntawm cov xim thaij, tuaj yeem mus txog ntawm txoj kev uas diverges los ntawm Escarpment Trail, los yog koj tuaj yeem mus txuas ntxiv deb li 1,3 mais yav dhau los North Lake Txoj Kev Route 23A mus rau sab xis chaw nres tsheb. Xyaum kom ceev faj thaum koj ua koj txoj kev raws li txoj hauv kev ntawm lub me nyuam lub pob me me Bastion Falls, nyob ntawm txoj kab npauj npaug rau ntawm tus mob rocky thiab rooty, nruab nrab ib nrab mais nce mus rau Kaaterskill Falls. Tus 260-ko taw ob zaug cascade yog nyob rau hauv nws tshaj plaws awe-inspiring nyob rau hauv lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav, thaum melting snow thiab dej khov nce lub rush ntawm dej spilling tshaj li rocky ledges.

Route 23A yuav siv sij hawm qis qis dua S-lem thaum koj mus txuas ntxiv mus rau Catskill. Ua ntej koj yuav ua raws Route 23 East thoob lub Rip Van Winkle Choj, lem phab laug mus rau Spring Road / Route 385. Tours of Cole's home and studio ntawm Thomas Cole National Historic Site muaj kev pom zoo rau txoj hauj lwm zoo tshaj plaws ntawm qhov kev qhia ua tus neeg Askiv uas nws tus kheej thawj cov duab ntawm Catskills, pleev xim rau xyoo 1825, tau siv New York City kos duab los ntawm cua daj cua dub. Ntau tshaj xya caum lwm cov neeg ua yeeb yam yuav ua raws li Cole tus thawj coj, tsim cov duab thaij duab zoo heev thiab tsim cov duab zoo heev uas ua rau kev zoo siab rau kev zoo nkauj ntawm cov neeg Amelikas cov yeeb yam.

Tom qab koj hla mus rau sab hnub poob ntawm Hudson, mus xyuas lub tsev ntawm Frederic Edwin Church, Cole tus tub kawm ntawv thiab ib lub tsev kawm ntawv cov ua tiav tshaj plaws. Paub txog nws cov kab kos ua colossal, Lub Koom Txoos cov hauj lwm loj tshaj plaws yog Olana, thaj nws tsim nrog kev pab los ntawm designer Calvert Vaux. Txawj los ntawm Moorish architecture nws tau pom nyob rau hauv Middle East, Lub Koom Txoos tau tsim ib lub tsev muaj nplua nuj nyob rau hauv kev ntxhib los mos thiab xim, thiab nws tsim thiab nthuav nws ntawm 1870 thiab 1890. Nws kuj tau siv ntau lub zog los tsim cov khoom vaj khoom tsev kom zoo nkauj zoo nkauj lub Hudson thiab Catskills tau xam pom.

Thaum koj ua li no, ua rau me ntsis hloov koj lub sijhawm, koj yuav paub tias txawm tias qub qub twb tau nto ib puas xyoo lawm, nws tseem yuav los ntawm lub roob, kev ntaus nws cov hwjtxwv hauv kev siab ntsws, paub tias "muaj nyob ntawm Kaatskill Toj siab - muaj khiav ntawm Hudson nyiaj."

Tshaj los ntawm Backroads of New York , lub rooj kas fes thiab phau ntawv qhia txog cov lus qhia, kev piav qhia, cov duab thiab cov duab thaij duab rau 28 qhov chaw khiav dej num hauv xeev New York. Cov ntawv nyeem © 2007 los ntawm Kim Knox Beckius. Luam tawm los ntawm Voyageur Xovxwm. Tag nrho cov cai tseg. Hloov tshiab nrog kev tso cai.