15. Scraggy Knoll

WALKING TOUR

15. SCRAGGY KNOLL

“On the left, … that tall larch stands like a sentinel, its grace forming a positive contrast to the covering of that high rocky hill, with its uncouth comingling of elm and maple, hickory and birch, chestnut and ash trees, and tangled shrubs, and interlacing vines and brambles – a rude spot, which the owner has appropriately called Scraggy Knoll.”

— Benson J. Lossing, Vassar College and Its Founder, 1867

Scraggy Knoll’s impressive rock outcropping is another clear expression of a ‘picturesque’ landscape element described by Downing.

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SITE LOCATION:
185 Academy Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845.454.2060

HOURS:
Dawn Until Dusk

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Hudson River Valley Greenway

The Springside Walking Tour is funded, in part, by a grant from the Hudson River Valley Greenway.

The land that now comprises Springside is part of the homelands of the Munsee Lenape, Indigenous peoples who have an enduring connection to this place.

Springside Landscape Restoration, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization, owns and stewards Springside.
Mail to: P.0. Box 4915, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602