Trails of the Bear Mountain – Harriman Parks Bear Mountain – Harriman State Park’s trail system is an extensive web of paths, trails and old roads that satisfy the hiker seeking natural beauty and a quiet escape. While the best . . . — — Map (db m53753) HM
On Washington Street (County Route 8) at Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Washington Street.
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Occupancy Karl Kirchner 1936 — — Map (db m52955) HM
On Independence Ave. at S. Mary Francis St. on Independence Ave..
Site of one of the largest
U.S. Army staging areas
and embarkation points in
the United States during
World War II. More than
1.3 million men and women
passed through the camp
enroute to Europe. The
camp was 2 ½ miles long
by one mile . . . — — Map (db m84067) HM
On Independence Avenue at Lester Drive, on the right when traveling west on Independence Avenue.
Camp Shanks
This Memorial Erected In Memory
Of The Millions Of Men And Women
Who Passed Through This Port Of
Embarkation, The Last Stop U.S.A.
January 1943 - July 1946
A.D. 1967
To Honor The Camp Shanks Memorial Committee . . . — — Map (db m84417) WM
On Western Hwy. at Independence Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Western Hwy..
★ Camp Shanks ★
“Last Stop U.S.A.”
More than 1.3 million troops departed
this military facility to fight the Nazis
in World War II.
Trains took GI’s from this location to
ships that brought them to Europe.
They . . . — — Map (db m112062) WM
Near Livingston Street at Oak Tree Road, on the right when traveling south.
has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States.
U.S. . . . — — Map (db m7289) HM
On Livingston Street, on the right when traveling south.
This house served as General Washington’s headquarters during Major John André’s trial and in 1783, when Sir Guy Carleton visited to plan the evacuation of New York City. Revolutionary War Heritage Trail — — Map (db m8710) HM
On Main Street at Old Tappan Road (County Route 8), on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Restored by Edward & Molly Samett 1993 — — Map (db m52954) HM
Near Oak Tree Road, on the left when traveling west.
It has been documented that the earliest settlers of the Tappan Patent owned slaves; indeed, Daniel DeClark owned two slaves when he lived on this site. These grave stones are attributed to a cemetery on farm land, once owned by the Mann family, . . . — — Map (db m7894) HM
On Old Tappan Road (County Route 8) at Hickory Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on Old Tappan Road.
Here in 1950 a group of WWII G.I. Bill student-veterans from Shanks Village planned and built a community of homes cooperatively on McGillicuddy’s farmland. Houses and road were sited to preserve the natural environs. Low on funds, each family . . . — — Map (db m52951) HM
On Old Tappan Road at Andre Hill on Old Tappan Road.
British spy hanged at site located 450 feet south. On Oct. 2, 1780. Buried near gallows. Exhumed and reinterred in England 1821. — — Map (db m180741) HM
On Kings Hwy. at Old Tappan Road, on the right when traveling south on Kings Hwy..
Flags Dedicated In Honor Of
Lt. Col. Joseph E. Raso USA · Coneo DeMaio USN · Emmet C. Maines USA · Lt. Herbert J. Block USN · Signe A. Block · George D. Garrecht III USN · Charles E. Hauser USN · Edward C. Hauser Jr. USN · James P. . . . — — Map (db m111975) WM
On Oak Tree Road, on the left when traveling west.
This is the Bottom or Grinding Stone from a grist mill in nearby Ramapo, Rockland County, New York.
Two rotating wheels, turned by water power, ground corn and wheat kernels into flour. — — Map (db m7446) HM
On Western Hwy. at Bogart Place, on the right when traveling north on Western Hwy..
Purple Heart Memorial
Dedicated To The Brave Men And Women Who Made
Great Sacrifices While Serving Our Nation.
You Are Our Heroes.
Thank You For Your Service.
November 2013 — — Map (db m112060) WM
On Kings Highway at Washington Street, on the right when traveling north on Kings Highway.
Organized 1694
Used as a military hospital and prison during the Revolution. The trials of Major John Andre as a spy, and of Joshua Heit Smith for treason, were held here in 1780. — — Map (db m7375) HM
On Kings Hwy. at Old Tappan Road, on the left when traveling south on Kings Hwy..
1694 1969
The Reverend
Guilliam Bertholf
Founder and First Minister
of
The Reformed Protestant
Dutch Church
Of Tappan,
First Settled Reformed Minister
In New Jersey,
Serving at Hackensack and Passaic
1694 – 1724
He . . . — — Map (db m112014) HM
On Livingston Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Weeping Willow Tree you see is a shoot from what was recorded as the largest Weeping Willow Tree in the entire United States. The original tree was toppled by a storm on July 13, 1987.
Legend has it that the original tree was planted at . . . — — Map (db m7443) HM
On Western Hwy. at Bogart Place, on the right when traveling north on Western Hwy..
In memory of the
343 NYC Firefighters,
37 Port Authority and
23 NYC Police officers
who gave their lives
in the line of duty on
September 11, 2001.
The
Dennis P. McHugh
Foundation
proudly supports
our country’s veterans. . . . — — Map (db m112061) HM
On Kings Hwy. at Old Tappan Road, on the right when traveling south on Kings Hwy..
Tappan World War II Memorial
In lasting tribute to those who made
The supreme sacrifice
Kenneth R. Johnson · John R. Klein · Russell McGuire · Robert Ortiz · Homer R. Stoughton, Jr.
In Honor Of Those Who Served
Lowery J. Able · . . . — — Map (db m111978) WM
On Livingston Street, on the right when traveling south.
Dedicated to the American people as a shrine of Patriotism, an altar of Citizenship and a Memorial to George Washington, a great Mason, a great American. May 1, 1932.
M.W.Charles H. Johnson
Grand Master of Masons
State of New York — — Map (db m7317) HM
On Kings Highway at Washington Street, on the left when traveling north on Kings Highway.
A log structure, with whipping posts and stocks, was erected on this Tappan green C. 1691. Here justice was administered to all of Orange County, which then included present Rockland. A more permanent courthouse and "gaol," built in 1739, was . . . — — Map (db m8542) HM
On Main Street (County Route 8), on the left when traveling north.
Site of the signing of the Orangetown Resolutions 1774 and the incarceration of British Spy Major John Andre 1780 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Restored in 1987 by . . . — — Map (db m52950) HM
It Began with a Boom Just over a century ago, more than a thousand cubic yards of the Palisades Cliffs were being blasted away every day for a growing New York in need of roads and foundations. The constant explosions could be felt and heard . . . — — Map (db m53741) HM
Near Livingston Street, on the right when traveling south.
This House was occupied by General George Washington as Army Headquarters on four occasions during the Revolutionary War.
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Here the General in 1780, after reviewing the evidence in the case of Major John Andre, Adjunct General of the . . . — — Map (db m165954) HM
Near Livingston Street at Oak Tree Road, on the right when traveling south.
Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the meetings between General George Washington and General Sir Guy Carleton at Tappan and aboard H.M.S. Perseverance. Jointly by the Historical Society of Rockland County and Tappantown Historical Society. . . . — — Map (db m7291) HM
On Western Hwy. at Christine Lane, on the right when traveling south on Western Hwy..
Washington’s Camp
On The Ridge West, 1782,
The American Army,
After Its Return From Yorktown,
Encamped Under Generals
Washington And Greene
Orangetown New York — — Map (db m112018) HM WM
On Livingston Street, on the right when traveling south.
This is a Reproduction of the Personal Flag used by General George Washington, the Commander-In-Chief during the Revolutionary War.
Presented by R.W. Ronald J. Steiner, Chairman, George Washington Masonic Historic Site Committee, In memory of . . . — — Map (db m7442) HM
On North Liberty Drive (New York State Route 9W) at Buckberg Mountain Rd., on the left when traveling north on North Liberty Drive.
In 1776-1783. This was an important military route over the Dunderberg to Doodletown. Forts Clinton and Montgomery and West Point. — — Map (db m207601) HM
Welcome to the Appalachian Trail
You are standing on the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, the most famous hiking trail in the United States – Maybe in the world! In 1921, Benton MacKaye, a Massachusetts forester and regional planner, . . . — — Map (db m163494) HM
Caring for a 2,200-Mile Footpath
Managing a hiking trail that passes through 14 states and an even greater number of communities and parks along its 2,200-mile length is a complex responsibility shared by numerous national, regional, and local . . . — — Map (db m164035) HM
On U.S. 9W, 0.1 miles north of Thunder Mountain Road, on the right when traveling north.
This plaque commemorates the hudson river national defense reserve fleet moored at this point in the river from April 1946 to April 1971. At peak of activity, 189 WW II cargo and passenger ships were anchored here. These ships after heroic WW II . . . — — Map (db m36882) HM
On Rockland Lake State Park, Landing Rd near Collyer Ave..
This road was formerly Main Street
in the Hamlet of Rockland Lake.
In the early 17th Century the Dutch
named the local cliffs Verdrietige
Hoek, or "Tedious Point," which
referred to the area surrounding the
natural ridge of the . . . — — Map (db m84086) HM
On S Liberty Drive (U.S. 9W), on the left when traveling north.
At Joshua Hett Smith’s home here, Sept. 22, 1780 Benedict Arnold betrayed the plans of West Point to British spy Maj. Andre[.] Historical Soc. Rockland County — — Map (db m165656) HM
On Strawtown Road at Samantha Way, on the left when traveling north on Strawtown Road.
Worship services in this hamlet were held as early as 1740 in a log meeting house at the old burial ground northwest of historic Pye’s Corner. The First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church was organized there in 1750. Initially services were in Dutch . . . — — Map (db m44204) HM
On West Nyack Road at Strawtown Road, on the left when traveling west on West Nyack Road.
The Nyack Turnpike Toll Road c. 1825 crossed the Oblenis Farm here, creating a busy intersection knows as Oblenis Corners at Strawtown and Sickeltown roads. The first post office named Nyack Turnpike was established in the New Oblenis Store in 1834. . . . — — Map (db m21381) HM
On Strawtown Road (County Route 23) at West Nyack Road (County Route 59A), on the right when traveling south on Strawtown Road.
This historic inn built by Thomas Warner in 1840 was a stopping place for stage coaches and travelers to and from the Port of Nyack. It was a center of social life for more than a century and the scene of farewell balls for recruits during the . . . — — Map (db m15351) HM
On Strawtown Road at Germonds Road (County Route 27), on the left when traveling north on Strawtown Road.
Ancient Indian trails intersected at this place adjoining a large Indian village which extended to the Hackensack Creek. Early in the 18th century the De Clark family built a gristmill on these premises, scene of the last witchcraft trial in New . . . — — Map (db m44200) HM
Near Palisades Center Drive, on the left when traveling east.
This "Burying ground for Colored people", was deeded on July 7, 1849 by James Benson and Jane Benson, his wife, to William H. Moore, Stephen Samuels and Isaac Williams, trustees. The cemetery has provided burial space for colored people, including . . . — — Map (db m21378) HM
On Germonds Road (County Route 27), on the right when traveling west.
A Dutch meeting house and burial ground occupied this site ca. 1740. The First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church was organized here in 1750. A sandstone building replaced the old wooden structure in 1826. This cemetery, in use for almost two . . . — — Map (db m44201) HM
On Strawtown Road at Germonds Road, on the left when traveling north on Strawtown Road.
In 1798 Hendrick Van Orden, owner of a sandstone house on this site, sold the house and surrounding farm to Dr. Abraham Cornelison, who lived here 51 years. He became the first president of the Rockland County Medical Society in 1829. Isaac Pye . . . — — Map (db m26199) HM
On Germonds Road (County Route 27), on the right when traveling west.
Site of the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of New Hempstead Organized Jan. 12, 1750 First consistory Chosen Apr. 22 1750 First Stone Laid Jun. 11 1751 Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m44322) HM
On Germonds Road at Duke Lane, on the left when traveling north on Germonds Road.
This dwelling, constructed in multiple phases from ca. 1791 to ca. 1880, represents the distinctive tradition of sandstone vernacular domestic architecture of Dutch-settled Rockland County, NY and adjacent Bergen County, NJ. The first owners were . . . — — Map (db m125289) HM
On West Nyack Road (Alternate New York State Route 59) near West Nyack Way, in the median.
Dutch farmers first settled here early in the 18th century on land purchased from Indians who had occupied this region for millennia. Under mounting pressure for a cross-county road between the port of Nyack and Ramapo a turnpike was built. The . . . — — Map (db m15352) HM
On Strawtown Road just north of New York State Thruway (Interstate 87), on the right when traveling north.
For almost a century the Clarkstown Reformed Church shared the services of its pastor with the church at Tappan. In 1834 a full-time pastor was called and this building, on a site across the road, was purchased for him. It was enlarged in 1835. . . . — — Map (db m26196) HM
On Sickletown Road at Vanhouten Fields, on the right when traveling south on Sickletown Road.
In 1937 Ralph Borsodi, author, economist and philosopher, organized a group for the purchase of this 106-acre Dutch farm to be divided into leased acreage plots. This became the largest self-administered, back-to-the-land community in Rockland . . . — — Map (db m44203) HM
On Germonds Road south of Duke Lane, on the left when traveling north.
Pre-eminent Rockland County historian George H. Budke Jr. (1868-1948) grew up in this farmhouse. Situated on land originally owned by the Vanderbilt family, the house was expanded on multiple occasions and now largely represents the Colonial Revival . . . — — Map (db m125290) HM
On Strawtown Road near Old Mill Road, on the right when traveling north.
This property on lot 13 in the 1727 division of the Kakiat Patent was part of the DeClark farm from which the name Clarkstown originated. In August 1780 General Washington and his troops encamped here on an ancient Indian village site. In 1880 the . . . — — Map (db m54842) HM
On Strawtown Road south of Samantha Way, on the left when traveling north.
In commemoration of the men in the World War who entered the armed service of their country during 1917 – 1918 from West Nyack, N.Y. Arthur R. Conklin • John Conklin • Leroy A. Crumley • Edmund L. Galvin • Melvin H. Green • Hans C. Gronager • . . . — — Map (db m44319) HM
On Strawtown Road, on the right when traveling south.
This trough was built at a time when horses provided the basic means of transporting people and their possessions in Rockland County. It was fed by an underground spring that provided clean water for any thirsty animal in the neighborhood. Using . . . — — Map (db m21379) HM
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