{"id":69,"date":"2016-10-01T13:07:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T17:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/historicenvironments\/?p=69"},"modified":"2016-10-01T13:12:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T17:12:24","slug":"hiking-trail-from-mead-farm-to-hawk-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/historicenvironments\/2016\/10\/01\/hiking-trail-from-mead-farm-to-hawk-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking Trail from Mead Farm to Hawk Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you believe in aliens, or just want to hike through some of New York City’s watershed?\u00a0 If so, then come hike the trail from Mead Farm to Hawk Rock in Kent, New York, established by the Kent Conservation Advisory Committee.\u00a0 Just off of Whangtown Road, this hike takes about 2 hours round trip, and takes you through a young wood past several interesting locations!<\/p>\n

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The large stone chamber on Mead Farm<\/p><\/div>\n

Prior towards the acquisition of this land sometime in the 20th century, this land had long been farmland.\u00a0 Mead Farm is named for Moses F. Mead who owned and operated it in the 1860s.\u00a0 Remnants of the land’s past use can be seen throughout the hike.\u00a0 The first one is a large stone wall — a part of an old farm building.\u00a0 Next is a large stone chamber, built into the hillside with a stone roof.\u00a0 Chambers like these are scattered throughout New England, but this one in particular is large and accessible.\u00a0 If you were excited about the aliens I mentioned, look no further!\u00a0 Many theories surround these stone chambers; farm land buildings, Celtic structures, and the more whimsical theory of alien structures.\u00a0 Another can be found on this hike, but is unsafe to enter.<\/p>\n

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Hawk Rock, the final point of the hike<\/p><\/div>\n

The trail on Mead Farm is rocky and uneven, but becomes easier a little while past the stone chamber, as it follows an old road.\u00a0 The path is clear of foliage and will eventually lead to a few more sites!\u00a0 One of these is Balanced Rock, a huge boulder that appears precariously balanced.\u00a0 The other is Hawk Rock, a large glacial erratic that looks somewhat like a roosting hawk!\u00a0 On Hawk Rock there are some petroglyphs, which are just as mysterious as the aforementioned stone chambers!\u00a0 Though the terrain is a little rough, this hike is lovely — even in the rain!<\/p>\n

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Do you believe in aliens, or just want to hike through some of New York City’s watershed?\u00a0 If so, then come hike the trail from Mead Farm to Hawk Rock in Kent, New York, established by the Kent Conservation Advisory Committee.\u00a0 Just off of Whangtown Road, this hike takes about 2 hours round trip, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5351,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/historicenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/historicenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/historicenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/historicenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/historicenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/historicenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/historicenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/historicenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/historicenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/historicenvironments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}