John Boyd Thacher State Park - Helderberg Escarpment

John Boyd Thacher State Park - Helderberg Escarpment

John Boyd Thacher State Park - Helderberg Escarpment
Located in Albany County
Image courtesy of Dr. J Bret Bennington 

Type: Park (Public).

Features: Northeast edge of Allegheny Plateau; panoramic views of Hudson Valley,
Adirondacks, Green & Berkshire Mountains; Late Silurian & early-mid Devonian marine sedimentary rocks.

Feature Type: Park.

Reference: NYS Geological Association Field Trip Guidebook, 63rd Annual Meeting 1991; PAC Stratigraphy of the Helderberg Group: Cycle Definition, Allogenic Surfaces, Hierchy, Correlation, and Relationship to Vail Sequences.

For online reference please visit - www.nysga.net/Guidebooks.html 

Quadrangle: Altamont.

Reason for Designation: Identified as a unique geologic feature by the NYS Geological Highway Map (NYS Museum, NYS Geological Survey).