Petrified Sea Gardens
Petrified Sea Gardens
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풍선 5개 중 3.5리뷰 25건
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Fran S
Bemont, New Hampshire, United States포스팅 121건
풍선 5개 중 5.0
2023년 6월 • 커플
This place is now called Lester Park. Petrified Sea Gardens land is privately owned, but you can still see the petrified remains of the water bed. Be sure to GPS Lester Park.
2023년 6월 25일 작성
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Jon
포스팅 164건
풍선 5개 중 5.0
2017년 8월 • 가족
The Petrified Sea Gardens are gone -- turned into a quarry, alas -- but there is still a small area that is well worth seeing if you are interested in geology or ancient creatures. It is called Lester Park and is at the north end of Petrified Sea Gardens Rd. You can find it if you google it and not hard to find at the side of the road. There is a very small parking area and some explanatory signs.
2017년 8월 6일 작성
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napngs
올버니, 뉴욕주포스팅 364건
풍선 5개 중 5.0
2015년 10월
Unique geological site a short distance from Saratoga Springs, NY. Well marked trails featuring a walk across a 490 million year-old fossil (stromatolites) sea floor;
Domed Cyanobacterial Cabbage-head Stromatolites: Hoyt Limestone of Late Cambrian Age.
Great outdoor activity for families. Also a garden area built by the original owners.
2016년 9월 29일 작성
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luvdacape60
Greenfield Center, New York포스팅 3건
풍선 5개 중 5.0
2016년 8월 • 가족
This was closed a few years ago when a local stone quarry bought it! There is a small area just east of the old place that has the same type of features, it's called Lester park and is just off the road. I was sorry to see the old place closed down and not able of being seen.
2016년 8월 23일 작성
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Paul_in_Seattle
Seattle, Washington, Usa포스팅 12건
풍선 5개 중 5.0
2016년 8월 • 커플
This was a fun adventure, but I should start by pointing out that you can see stromatolites from the same Hoyt limestone on easily accessed public land just up the road at Lester Park, where there is room to park and you don't need to trespass on private land. We didn't know this until just after our visit to Petrified Sea Gardens, which has been closed for a decade.
I chanced on Petrified Sea Gardens on the web, and it seemed !like a good activity while visiting Saratoga Springs. Using the photo of the stone wall entrance on Trip Advisor as a guide, we found the entrance at 42 Petrified Sea Gardens Road easily with google maps. Parking was not trivial, but we managed to pull off the road sufficiently just north of the gate. We went to the right around the locked gate, stepping over a broken down wire fence and a support cable. The open area behind the gate is presumably an old parking area. Keep to the right, passing the swings on your left, to find a small trail at the end of the open area by an old metal cargo/storage box. (There is a different trail behind the swings leading to old picnic tables and eventually to a house, a sure sign that you should turnaround and find the right trail!)
We had enough difficulty finding the fossils on the overgrown trail that we pulled up the GPS coordinates in order to locate them. The trail passes some old restrooms to the right. An old sign describing a grotto marks a side trail to the left to a stone outcropping (the grotto), and does not lead to the exposed stromatolites. Where the grotto trail branches to the left, continue on the main trail (the right fork) and proceed a short distance until you see an opening on a rise in front of you. Some cut logs mark one path onto the rise with the exposed stromatolites. And they are wonderful! Wander around and take lots of pictures. Although these stromatolites are 'only' 500 million years old, some stromatolites go back over 2 billion years , and living stromatolites still exist today in Shark Bay, Australia. The cyanobacteria that form stromatolites are the group of bacteria that produced most of the free oxygen on earth, allowing us oxygen breathers to evolve. A cyanobacterium that was taken up into a nucleated cell became the ancestor of chloroplasts, permitting the evolution of plants and things that eat them. Cyanobacteria are not the only bacteria that photosynthesize, but they have had by far the biggest impact on the life we know today.They more frequently get press as toxic 'algal' blooms in lakes, but here you can see that they are also things of profound beauty, and contemplate how they made your life possible.
The crevices are filled with ferns, the forest is of green ash, red maple, red oak, pitch pine, etc. You can hear thrushes. Virginia creeper, Prunella, trillium, & others cover the forest floor. This was a great little adventure full of current and ancient beauty.
As soon as we headed back to the north, we ran into Lester Park. We had seen it on the way in, but didn't stop to see what it is. Here you can safely park on the roadside and see stromatolites from your car window (though you'll want to look close up). No trespassing or GPS required. I recommend it. Interpretive signs tell you what you are looking at. We only looked on the east side of the road, but apparently there is more on the west side. Hope you have as much fun as we did exploring.
2016년 8월 4일 작성
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sdonk53
뉴욕주포스팅 40건
풍선 5개 중 1.0
2016년 7월 • 커플
This place has been closed for many years. It's very overgrown and POSTED. You can see the remains of a former road sign, and if you look hard you will see a large metal swing set from the road. As much as I wanted to get out and walk in and look, I was afraid of Poison Ivy. And getting caught trespassing. All I wanted to do was see a piece of the petrified forest. It's a shame to see this abandoned. Too bad a piece couldn't be brought to the local library or historical society (or maybe it already has).
2016년 7월 26일 작성
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Charlie D
Greenfield Center, 뉴욕주포스팅 34건
풍선 5개 중 3.0
2016년 2월 • 커플
Seeing the rocks here is great, and if you happen to be driving from Greenfield to Ballston Spa or back and have an extra few minutes, it might be worth stopping in. There is no welcome center or staff or cetera however, and there might be about 15 minutes of looking. So bring a picnic or check it out on the way, but if you drive a half hour there and expect to make a day of it, you might be disappointed.
2016년 6월 12일 작성
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AnnetteLee822
Gansevoort, 뉴욕주포스팅 48건
풍선 5개 중 4.0
2015년 6월 • 가족
It wasn't much but if you were into some of the oldest living fossils and stromatilities life on earth. Than you could find it fascinating and cool. Such a shame..
2016년 5월 25일 작성
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G3G
Poughkeepsie, NY포스팅 99건
풍선 5개 중 3.0
2015년 7월 • 가족
It takes some diligence to find this roadside attraction off the beaten path in Saratoga Springs. The road going past this flat outcropping of stromatolites is named after this historical attraction but it's easy to drive by quickly. The visitor photos attached above are very representative. Go stand on this Cambrian Era attraction and wonder what the Earth was really like hundreds of millions of years ago....
2015년 11월 19일 작성
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Kent J
글렌빌, 뉴욕주포스팅 40건
풍선 5개 중 3.0
2015년 5월 • 가족
Not much of a site, unless you are a natural history fan. The site has fossils of stromatilites which are some of the oldest life on earth. The surrounding quarries have removed other history. Too bad it wasn't protected better
2015년 11월 13일 작성
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