Note on GPS: a GPS will get you to "99 Burrs Crossing Rd., Rosendale, NY 12472" but you still need to get to my house at 123. So if you use a GPS find the section below that mentions BURR'S CROSSING. If your GPS gets you to 99, take the middle fork (not the one down to the right that says "Tree House", then continue on the road, ignore two driveways that go off to the left, finally you'll come to a fork in the road. Right now there is a shale pile there. Take a left and go down the hill. Park in the fields beyond the barn.
Bed & Breakfast
By Air (From Japan, China,
California, Mexico, France, Russia, Indonesia, India, Guatemala, etc.)
Get an airplane that will take you to either
Newark, New Jeresy (EWR), John F. Kennedy, NY (JFK) or LaGuardia, NY(LGA).
(Or, if you want to rent a car, you can fly all the way to Stewart
Airport in Newburgh.)
- JFK: You should be able to get a Grey Line (Information: 800-669-0051)
bus (recently replaced Carey Bus they say) to take you to Port Authority
in Manhattan. I think they leave every 20 min. The fare is $13 for an hour
ride from JFK. (For cheap, you can take the A Train subway from JFK to Port
Authority, but it takes a long time, at least an hour and a half, and you
have to get a free shuttle bus from the air port to get to it.)
- Laguardia (LGA) You should be able to get a Grey Line (Information:
800-669-0051) bus (recently replaced Carey Bus they say) to take you to
Port Authority in Manhattan. Busses run every 20 minutes between 6 a.m.
and midnight. The fare is $10 for a 45-minute ride from LaGuardia.
- Newark, NJ (EWR) "NJ TRANSIT also offers non-stop shuttle
service between Newark International Airport and both Newark Penn Station
and Manhattan's Port Authority Bus Terminal." Also: "For service
between Port Authority Bus Terminal and Newark International Airport Terminals
A, B, and C, please call Olympia Trails at (908) 354-3330." (I haven't
done this before, so I can't confirm the Newark <-> Port Authority
thing.)
From any of the above 3 airports, once you make it to Port Authority, which
is at 42nd St. and 8th Ave. or so in Manhattan, go to the section below: "By
bus from NYC"
- SWF: Stewart Airport, Newburgh, NY assuming you
Rent a Car Once you get to Stewart Airport, you should be able to rent
a car. You probably want to call to reserve beforehand. I don't know too
much more than that I rented an Enterprise rental car from Newburgh before,
and all was fine. Get on the New York Thruway (87) going north, and get
off at the next exit, New Paltz. Follow the rest of the directions seen
below in From the South section. (There may be busses from Neburgh, but
you're on your own on that one.)
From the North (Boston, Maine, Canada)
- Take the Mass Pike (90) WEST to New York State
- Head SOUTH on the New York Thruway, 87
- Get off at Kingston, EXIT 19.
- At the Traffic Circle take the WASHINGTON AVE
exit.
- Go on Washington Ave about 1 and 7/10 miles.
You'll pass through numerous stop signs and stoplights and stuff. Take your
next RIGHT after you pass Greenkill Ave onto the busy ROUTE 32. I think there's
a stop sign or flashing red light here. (If you end up on Loretta Pl, you've
gone a little too far.)
- Drive about 6 1/2 miles to the town of Rosendale.
You'll come down a big hill, there'll be a shopping area on your right, then
two gas stations. Take a RIGHT after the gas station on your right, which
will put you going past a 3rd gas station, a Stewarts. This is Main St. in
Rosendale, also known as Route 213.
- Now scroll down and follow Directions
from the town of Rosendale
From the South (NYC, Florida,
Pennsylvania)
Get to the NY State Thruway(87) going north,
whichever way is your favorite way. (NJ Turnpike 95 North to 80 West to 17
North to 87 North works for me when I leave the city through the Lincoln Tunnel.)
- On the NY State Thruway (87), go north until
EXIT 18, New Paltz.
- After you go through the New Paltz toll booth,
take a LEFT ON 299 which is towards the town of New Paltz.
- There's a bridge that goes over the freeway.
Take your FIRST RIGHT after this bridge. (I think it's called "North
Putt Corners Rd.") (This allows you to bypass the town of New Paltz,
which is quicker.)
- Go for around half a mile to a mile. Take a
LEFT onto Shivertown Road when you see the tiny green street sign.
- After going slowly up and down hills for a
short while, Shivertown Road intersects the more major Route 32. There is
an appliance store straight ahead of you at this intersection with a stop
sign. Take a RIGHT onto Route 32, going North towards Rosendale.
- After you see signs indicating you've entered
the town of Rosendale, 6 or so miles later, you'll come down a long hill,
pass a gas station on your left and then cross a bridge. Take a LEFT immediately
after the bridge onto Route 213, also known as Main St. There is a Stewarts
gas station directly after you take this left. (If you pass two gas stations,
one on your right and one on your left, you've gone about 100 yards too far
on Route 32.)
- Now follow Directions
from the town of Rosendale below.
Directions from the
town of Rosendale (assuming you're coming from route 32)
You are now only two miles from the house.
Summary 1st, then details 2nd:
- Through town of Rosendale on Main St./213 (0.7 mile from Rt 32)
- Left on Keator Ave.
- Right on Keator Ave. (total dist on Keator about 0.3 mile.)
- Straight(Right) onto Mountain Road (go about 0.4 mile.)
- Right onto Burr's Crossing (one mile to go)
- Bear right after barn onto dirt road
- Middle fork of 3 forks
- Left fork of 2, ("123" on a tree on the left.)
Now here are those same directions with more perhaps significant Detail:
- Go through the town of Rosendale. (You're driving on Main St. a.k.a. Route 213.) After 7/10ths of a mile, take a LEFT
on the small bridge at the end of town onto Keator Ave. This is just before a high train
trestle [train bridge] which you can see when it's light out. (The small bridge you cross is flat, with no girders above the bridge or anything.)
- Take your first RIGHT to curve UP around
a big Catholic church. This is still Keator Ave. (total dist on Keator 3/10 of a mile)
- As you're going up the hill around the church,
the main road will bear left (Elting), and a small road will go straight. Go STRAIGHT
on the small road, which is known as Mountain Road for 4/10 of a mile.
- You'll go over a small hill crest, and come
down the other side. After that, the first road on your right with a sign
on it should be BURR'S CROSSING. Take a RIGHT on Burr's Crossing. You're now 1 mile away.
- Burr's Crossing becomes a dirt road after you pass one driveway on your right. BEAR
RIGHT when there's a house straight in front of you. (The red barn will be
a little behind you on your left when you bear right.)
- 1/8 of a mile later, take the MIDDLE fork
of 3 dirt roads. (It may be hard to tell that there is a 3 way fork here
at night. If you see a road that goes downhill, that is the right fork, which
you DON'T want to take. A little tiny bit further the left fork goes up a
hill, which you also DON'T want to take.)
- go for half a mile, ignore two shale driveways that go up to the left
- Take the left fork when the road forks into two.
It should say 123 on a tree on the left.
You go down
a curving bumpy big hill (not always passable in the winter! If it's winter confirm that you can get back out if you go down!)
Follow this road to the blue-purple and grey house with burgundy roof.
Vehicles you might see: red pickup, red VW Karmann Ghia, motorcycles.
[If you don't see this fork, and you get to a house without going down a hill where there are dogs and chickens,
this isn't the right house. Turn around, drive 1/8 of a mile, and take a right
to go down the hill.]
Park behind the barn where there is lots of room for cars.
(415) 690-7105 123 Burr's Crossing, Rosendale,
NY 12472
Above you can see the area right around Rosendale;
Route 32, Route 213, and my house at Burr's Crossing, marked with the X. (All
the forks on Burr's Crossing Road aren't shown on this map.)
By bus from NYC:
Adirondack Trailways out of the NORTH Port Authority
terminal (closer to 42nd St.) Bus leaves from lowest level, tickets can be
purchased from Trailways counter one level above this. If you don't have a
ticket already, which you probably don't, leave some extra time as the ticket
lines are long. Get a ticket directly to Rosendale. The bus makes only one
other official stop at New Paltz before getting to Rosendale. (One or two
people may get out at random places here and there around and after New Paltz,
so don't be confused by these non-official stops.) You know you're at the
official Rosendale stop about 10 minutes after the New Paltz stop, when the
bus stops at a Cumberland Farms/Gulf station, and there's another gas station
or two across the street. The driver usually yells "Rosendale!"
Trailways Bus schedule (It should be current,
but you can call them to find out more, or about bad weather delays, etc.800-225-6815):
Cost is about $19+/- one way.
NYC to Rosendale
7am,8:30,10am
12:30pm,2,3:30,5,6-two,7-friday only,8,9:30,11:30pm
Rosendale to NYC
5:45am-weekday,6-monday,7:32,8:42,10:42am
12:42pm,3:12,5:42-two,5:57,7:42,11:43pm
If you come by bus, it would be convenient for
me to know what bus you're on beforehand. If you have a cellphone, give a
call when you're leaving New Paltz, and I'll meet you at the Rosendale stop,
otherwise, give a call from the gas station payphone, and I'll be there in
10 min.
(415) 690-7105.
From the Rondout Esopus Land Conservancy News
Fall/Winter 2000: "[Camp Warui] is a varied & beautiful 60 acre +
landscape of pines, oaks, and hemlocks, of cliffs, cliff mosses and lichens,
of open fields and an old farmstead, of springs running into the Rondout on
one side and a brook-fed waterfall tumbling into the Coxing Kill on the other.
It is home to numerous bird species and other wildlife. The birds below have
been observed or heard on the property.
| Louisiana Water Thrush |
American Goldfinch |
Tufted Titmouse |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
American Redstart |
Blue Jay |
| Mourning Dove |
Northern Oriole |
Eastern Wood Peewee |
| Barn Swallow |
American Robin |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| Tree Swallow |
Cardinal |
Woodthrush |
| Chimney Swift |
Purple Finch |
Ovenbird |
| Downy Woodpecker |
Scarlet Tananger |
Chipping Swallow |
| Pileated Woodpecker |
Gray Catbird |
Song Sparrow |
| Brown-breasted Nuthatch |
Eastern Kingbird |
Common Grackel |
| Red-eyed Vireo |
Least Flycatcher |
American Crow |
| Wood Warblers |
Black-capped Chickadee |
|
The property's tree covered ridge is visible
from Route 213. Just before the new bridge over the Rondout on the outskirts
of Rosendale, look eastward beyond & behind the cornfield. Looking westward
from this prominence on the property, one can see the Catskills' summits.
The property's elevation at this point derives from the fact that it is the
northern tip of the Shawangunk Ridge and very near the lands of the Mohonk
Preserve."
Local Weather Report:
http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/fcst?NY065
Hiking info:
http://www.mohonkpreserve.org/
http://www.mohonkpreserve.org/roadmap.html
On this map, Table Rocks is pretty near my house.
Bonticou Crag, and the Trapps are pretty good places to hike to and around,
if you want to go for reasonably long hikes.
If you just want short hikes, that can be done
near my house.
Spelunking (Caving)
If you want to walk around in one of the local
cement mines, check out the Widow Jane Mine at http://www.centuryhouse.org
or if that's broken,
http://arts.sunydutchess.edu/soundscapes/mine.html
Nearby Bed & Breakfast
locations
The really quaint Captain
Schoonmaker's just a couple miles from me is frequently booked months
in advance. I went and looked; they had nice private decks looking out on
a stream for $95-135.
This URL has lots of B&B's in the area, but I
can't give any opinions about any of them: http://innsmart.com/newyork/central/html/ulster.html
On the other side of the river, a little over
1/2hr away, I saw some quite nice rooms at what I believe was the Mansakenning
Carriage House. If I'm right about which it was (the online photo looks right),
the rooms were very nice, in the middle of the woods, but it was about twice
or three times the price of Schoonmaker's. You can find it listed here: http://www.innsmart.com/newyork/eastern/html/dutchess.html