Next “Wild Saturday” program, Saturday October 12 at 1 p.m.
October 12 is this year’s final Woodchuck Lodge Wild Saturday in Roxbury, NY. Speaker is the renowned Dr. Michael Kudish. He is probably the most knowledgeable person regarding the Catskill Mountains and its flora. Recently, a landscape architect was asked about a plant I found on Slide Mountain. She was mystified. It turned out to be a rare form of holly. Days later she came across a map by Dr. Kudish showing its location at five or six sites in and around Slide. His talk is on bogs. I think he will “boggle” your mind with his incredible scope on our natural world.
Welcome to Woodchuck Lodge, Home of John Burroughs
“These hills fathered and mothered me. I am blood of their blood and bone of their bone, and why should I not go back to them in my last years?”
John Burroughs, Literary Naturalist, 1910
Woodchuck Lodge was built by John’s brother in 1862, 15 years after John was born, on the east end of the Burroughs family farm. The Burroughs’ homestead where both boys grew up is a mile away up the road and was built when John was 13 years of age. Woodchuck Lodge was John’s retreat in retirement. John Burroughs’ grave is a stroll up the road from Woodchuck Lodge at Boyhood Rock.
Tours
Due to interior restoration, tours are temporarily suspended. However, the grounds remain open, including hiking trails and picnic area. Wild Saturday programs are not affected, and we hope to see you there!
I Hiked John Burroughs Country!
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of John Burroughs’ death, we commissioned a gorgeous patch that anyone can earn by hiking 4 of 5 Burroughs-centric hiking trails:
• Trout Lily Trail (behind Woodchuck Lodge) • Boyhood Rock (just up the road!) And 2 out of 3 of the following: • Slide Mountain • Rochester Hollow • Slabsides
Once you’ve hiked 4 trails, click here for your patch (free for the first 100 respondents!). Co-Sponsored by Great Western Catskills of Delaware County and John Burroughs’ Woodchuck Lodge.