Mohawk Valley

National Land Cover Dataset – Mohawk Valley

Here is the Mohawk Valley with the National land Cover Dataset layer on. The area around the valley is quite agricultural, but once you head north a few miles it becomes quite forested.

LANDSTAT 1 – January 8, 1973

LANDSTAT 1 - January 8, 1973

Monday, January 8, 1973 after a snow storm that most impacted the higher elevation areas south of Adirondacks. LANDSTAT 1 satellite photo shown in 3D mode -- the LANDSTAT data going back to 1972 is all geo-referenced so it's super easy to play with it.

Illion

Illion

I always find driving the part of the Thruway around Illion to be the most fascinating. It's an interesting mix of geologies as you rise from the end of the Mohawk Valley into the Onieda Lake plains - the mucky farm country with many a swamp and arces of fertile black dirt.