Bennett Hill Preserve

This 155 acre property was a gift of Dr. Jerry Bilinski of North Chatham in 1998 to the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy. The hill towers over Clarksville, and stands only a short distance from the base of the Helderberg Escarpment. Although the top of the hill is only 400 feet above the surrounding land, it offers striking views of the Helderbergs to the north and west, and Albany to the east.

http://www.mohawkhudson.org/preserves/Bennett.htm

End of the Grazing Season Not Far Away

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Yesterday, I went for a quiet little walk up Bennett Hill. There were a lot of people up there, and I've taken many pictures so I didn't need more, but still I thought this picture captures late September fairly well.

Taken on Sunday September 20, 2020 at Bennett Hill Preserve.

Bennett Hill Today and Yesterday (1956 vs. 2018)

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Over the past 60 years, Bennett Hill has gone from being rocky pasture were sheep grazed to increasingly tree covered, as the once pastureland has reverted back to forest. Also, notice how Derbyshere Hill was once pasture and actively grazed, but now reverted back to woods.

In Four Weeks on September, 5, 2021

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In Four Weeks …

In four weeks on September 5 the sun will be setting in the west (280°) at 7:23 pm,🌄 which is 43 minutes and 57 seconds earlier then today. In 2020 on that day, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 74 and 47 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 78 and 57 degrees. The record high of 92 degrees was set back in 2018.

The Labor Day Weekend will be coming to a close, and with September 7th it will be back to working downtown five days a week. 👨🏻‍🏫The pandemic is rearing its ugly head again 👾but it seems like with masks on transit and crowded places, being vaccinated nothing is likely to detour going back to the old way of doing things.

One Year Ago During the Week of August 8

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Last year …

On Sunday 08/09/20 we had humid and mostly sunny 🌞 with high of 85 and a low of 64, which is two degrees above normal.

On Monday 08/10/20 we had hot 🌞, humid 🌞, partly sunny 🌞 and thunderstorm 🌩 with high of 87 and a low of 64, which is four degrees above normal.

On Tuesday 08/11/20 we had hot 🌩, humid 🌩 and mostly sunny 🌞 with high of 87 and a low of 66, which is four degrees above normal.

On Wednesday 08/12/20 we had humid 🌞, mostly sunny 🌞 and patches of fog 🌞 with high of 83 and a low of 62, which is normal.

On Thursday 08/13/20 we had humid 🌞 and mostly sunny 🌞 with high of 84 and a low of 60, which is a degree above normal.

On Friday 08/14/20 we had partly sunny 🌞 with high of 83 and a low of 61, which is a degree above normal.

On Saturday 08/15/20 we had partly sunny 🌞 with high of 82 and a low of 60, which is normal.