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| There is a plaque describing the New Jersey palisades and the glacial movements that brought these boulders to rest here. Such rock formations, called Manhattan schist, are found throughout Manhattan. You will see many of them in my Central Park photographs. These shelter rocks were used by the Native Americans who lived here. |
I'm standing next to the boulder mentioned below, near a map of the woods (white at left). This is where the woods and meadow meet just north of the inlet. Shorakopoch"According to legend, on this site of the principal Manhattan Indian village, Peter Minuit in 1626, purchased Manhattan Island for trinkets and beads then worth about 60 guilders. This boulder also marks the spot where a tulip tree grew to a height of 165 feet and a girth of 20 feet. It was, until its death in 1938 at the age of 280 years the last living link with the [Native Americans] who lived here". [Boulder and plaque] Dedicated as part of New York City's 300th anniversary celebration by the Peter Minuit Post 1247, American Legion, January 1954 |
Note the lady and her little shoes!
The rock shelters again
Ways to enter the Park:
PLEASE NOTE: These woods are isolated. Be careful! Travel in groups when possible, although I must admit that I travel here alone, as do others, but it's often isolated. Weekends are best. Although you can enter the park at the site pictured (on Payson just north of Dyckman), I suggest entering between 207th (Isham) and 218th Street, where there are ball parks and meadows. The woods can be reached from there too. From Riverside Drive or Henry Hudson Parkway going north, take the last exit in Manhattan. Go 2-3 blocks to Broadway, then make a left, which will put you going north. Part of the park has a wall, but there are entrances at 207th Street (Isham), and 215th Street. So once you're going north on Broadway, just pick a block on which to turn left. If you turn at 204th street, you'll pass the historic Dyckman farmhouse and Hessian military hut on the corner of Broadway. (If you turn left before 207th, just make a right when you can no longer go straight, which will put you going north again until you reach the park. North-South and East-West are approximate, but will be clear to you on maps.) Subway options: a) If you start from Manhattan's west side (No. 1 train), change at 168th street (free transfer) and get off at Dyckman. Head north up Broadway to 204th (Dyckman House is on that corner), then make a left until you get to the park OR b) Stay on the No. 1 train until 225th Street (in the Bronx), then return to Manhattan via the Broadway Bridge and make a right turn after a few blocks to get to the park. --Marnie Hall, with thanks to the New York City Dept. of Parks and Recreation and the City of New York |
INWOOD AND INWOOD HILL PARK TOUR
| 1. Inwood Interior | 2. Inwood Hill Park | 3. You are here. Inwood Hill Park woods |
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