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

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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.

Sunday September 20, 2020 — 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.

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