Trailside Museum Wigwam LbNA #38811
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Apr 8, 2008 |
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| City: | Pound Ridge |
| County: | Westchester |
| State: | New York |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | suzietoots  |
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| Found by: | Miss Moon |
| Last found: | Nov 3, 2014 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Apr 8, 2008 |
The Trailside Nature Museum, established in 1937, is one of the oldest of its kind in the United States. The museum is home to a large collection of mounted animals, American Indian artifacts, educational exhibits, child-friendly interactive displays, and nature-oriented artwork. The museum hosts thousands of school children and scouts each year for a variety of educational programs including stream study, American Indian culture, maple sugaring, and badge work. Family-oriented nature programs are scheduled for the general public on nearly every weekend.
The Trailside Nature Museum is also the home of the Delaware Indian Research Center, a vast collection of books and artifacts concerning American Indians, especially the Delaware. The Research Center is well utilized by both students and educators and has assisted several authors in researching their publications. The Research Center is open to the public by appointment.
The museum is located at the heart of Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, the county’s largest park. Park terrain is extremely varied, ranging from deep hollows to ridges that rise up more than 800 feet. There are hemlock gorges, dry uplands, wetlands, ponds, and two rivers, all connected by 35 miles of trails. Many of the old farm roads are now used as hiking and cross-country ski trails, and other signs of the old farms exist in the form of stonewalls, foundations and cellar pits.
To the letterbox: Park in Trailside Museum lot. Walk towards back of museum and sugarhouse. Follow path/wooden walkway to the orange trail. On your right you will see authentic wigwam. Just past the wigwam the white trail intersects with the orange. Follow the trail to the right along side of whats left of the rock wall. Cross the wooden bridge over the stream. The first big "v" shaped tree on the right of the wall. It has a large leader broken off and sitting in the "v" of another tree. Old branches, leaves and a small boulder covers the Trailside Wigwam box at the base of the tree.
The Trailside Nature Museum is also the home of the Delaware Indian Research Center, a vast collection of books and artifacts concerning American Indians, especially the Delaware. The Research Center is well utilized by both students and educators and has assisted several authors in researching their publications. The Research Center is open to the public by appointment.
The museum is located at the heart of Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, the county’s largest park. Park terrain is extremely varied, ranging from deep hollows to ridges that rise up more than 800 feet. There are hemlock gorges, dry uplands, wetlands, ponds, and two rivers, all connected by 35 miles of trails. Many of the old farm roads are now used as hiking and cross-country ski trails, and other signs of the old farms exist in the form of stonewalls, foundations and cellar pits.
To the letterbox: Park in Trailside Museum lot. Walk towards back of museum and sugarhouse. Follow path/wooden walkway to the orange trail. On your right you will see authentic wigwam. Just past the wigwam the white trail intersects with the orange. Follow the trail to the right along side of whats left of the rock wall. Cross the wooden bridge over the stream. The first big "v" shaped tree on the right of the wall. It has a large leader broken off and sitting in the "v" of another tree. Old branches, leaves and a small boulder covers the Trailside Wigwam box at the base of the tree.