Sam's Point Preserve, or Sam's Point Dwarf Pine Ridge Preserve, is a 4600 acre (19 km²) preserve owned by The Nature Conservancy in Ulster County on the highest point (2,289 feet/697 m) of the Shawangunk Ridge in New York. Its unique environment features dwarf pine trees along the ridgetop. The Nature Conservancy is an environmental organization, founded in 1951 in the United States. ... Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Castle Point in the Shawangunks The Shawangunk Ridge (also known as the Shawangunk Mountains, or The Gunks) is a ridge of mountains in Ulster County, Sullivan County and Orange County in the state of New York, extending from the northernmost point of New Jersey to the Catskill Mountains. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...

The Long Path long-distance hiking trail crosses it, eventually reaching VerKeerderkill falls probably the biggest (and hardest to get to) attraction of Sam's Point Preserve. A branch leads to Sam's Point (view of land for many miles), another to caves with motion-sensor lights. Visitors who want to get to Sam's Point have to go through Cragsmoor. Sam's Point Preserve is near the Mohonk Preserve and Minnewaska State Park Preserve. The Long Path is a 330-mile (528 km) long-distance hiking trail running from George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey to Altamont, New York, in the Albany area. ... Beautiful natural scenes are common hiking destinations Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ... A country trail, formed by wheels of vehicles. ... External links Sams Point Dwarf Pine Ridge Preserve Categories: Stub | Waterfalls of the United States | New York geography ... Cragsmoor is a census-designated place located in Ulster County, New York. ... The Trapps in the Mohonk Preserve The Mohonk Preserve is located in the Shawangunk Ridge, a section of the Appalachian Mountains, ninety miles north of New York City and five miles west of New Paltz, New York. ... Lake Minnewaska The Minnewaska State Park Preserve is a twelve thousand acre preserve located on the Shawangunk Ridge in New York on US 44/55, five miles west of New York State route 299, near New Paltz, New York. ...

The land was once owned by the nearby village of Ellenville to protect its watershed and partly by a company which offered tours of the ice caves. The Conservancy bought it after the village considered selling the land to developers. The definitions of the political subdivisions of the state of New York differ from those in certain other countries or even various other U.S. states, leading to misunderstandings regarding the governmental nature of an area. ... Ellenville is a village located in Ulster County, New York. ... A watershed is either (1) a region of land where water flows into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean or (2) a topographical boundary between catchment basins. ...

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