Since 1954 it has also been the site of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center-now part of the Department of Homeland Security-that works to prevent animal-borne diseases that could devastate our national food supply. Visit Cumberland on Exploring the Low Country: Cumberland Island to CharlestonĪn 840-acre restricted-access island off the North Fork of New York’s Long Island provides critical habitats for endangered wildlife. Explore the ruins of Dungeness, built in 1884 for Andrew Carnegie’s younger brother, and see the remains of the 35,000-square-foot mansion now in the process of being reclaimed by nature. The famous Carnegie family lived here for generations until a 1959 fire caused them to abandon their estate. The twisted branches of live oaks create a dense canopy over paths also lined with cedars, palms, and palmettos. Along 17 miles of coastline on Cumberland Island, discover turtles, sea stars, crabs, and shore birds on undeveloped beaches. On the border with Florida, Georgia’s largest and southernmost barrier island is a wild and intriguing federally protected National Seashore. Visit Esopus on Exploring the Hudson River: Fall Colors, Conservation & Creativity Cumberland, Georgia Not even a mile long and mere yards wide, Esopus Island is now part of the state park system. In the summer of 1918, this British iconoclast who was a Cambridge graduate, an accomplished mountaineer, student of the occult, and advocate for drug use, spent 40 days and nights on Esopus Island writing libertine graffiti in red paint and translating a 4 th-century Chinese philosophical text. However, it is Aleister Crowley whose name is most closely attached to it. Scott Fitzgerald is said to have enjoyed the privacy of this rocky, partially forested slip of land with a small beach. Before they leveled Kingston in 1777, the British overnighted off tiny Esopus Island, which we see by kayak and Zodiac. Esopus, New Yorkĭuring the Revolutionary War, New York’s Hudson River was the site of many battles. Here are 10 remarkable under-the-radar islands you won't want to miss. These wild yet close-to-home places offer inspiring landscapes, surprising wildlife, and little-known history. On our brand-new journeys along the East Coast, you'll discover an America you didn't know existed. Get Inspired By Photos, Videos, Webinars, Stories, And Exclusive Offers. Traces of inhabitants from centuries past can be seen in crumbling estates and fortifications, and some of these remote archipelagos are still populated today by small, isolated communities of fishermen, artists, and cultural groups like the Gullah-Geechee, descendants of enslaved people mostly from West Africa. The East Coast of the United States is dotted with intriguing, hard-to-reach islands home to robust wildlife populations and fascinating human history. Have you ever been to Penikese or Pollepel Island? Or heard of Esopus or Eastern Egg Rock?
0 kommentar(er)
