GEOLOGY OF THE HYDE PARK AREA
STOP # 1 Oakridge Plaza Rear Parking Area
1. Is the rock outcrop a "roché moutonné" structure?
Which is the steeper and rougher slope, north or south?
Which is the gentler and smoother slope, north or south?
Are there any glacial striations?
ALONG Route 9G Near Haviland Shopping (just north of car wash)
2. Is the rock outcrop a "roché moutonné" structure?
Which is the steeper and rougher slope, north or south?
Which is the gentler and smoother slope, north or south?
STOP #2 St. Andrew's Road
3. What is the rock structure in this locality?
4. What is the classification of rocks and rock types?
5. Are there any fossils present?
ALONG St. Andrew's Road
6. Why do you think the new water storage tank is built so big and high?
STOP #3 Dock Street
(WARNING: STAY FAR FROM RAILROAD TRACKS!!
and DO NOT DISTURB ROCK LAYERS--DO NOT CAUSE THEM TO FALL!!)
7. What do you observe about these rock layers?
8. Which layers are the youngest and which are the oldest?
9. What evidence can be found that will help indicate the direction of the top and
the bottom rock layers?
STOP #4 Vanderbilt Carriage House, Stone Bridge and Crum Elbow Creek
WARNING: DO NOT DISTURB OR REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SITE! DO NOT LITTER IN THE
NATIONAL PARK SITE!
10. In the parking area, what can be seen growing on the rock outcrops?
11. What type of materials is the stone bridge made of? What is the possible origin
of these rocks in the bridge wall?
12. Describe the stream valley, stream velocity and nature of the bedrock over which
it flow just upstream from the stone bridge.
13. Why is the drainage pattern of the Crum Elbow Creek in Hyde Park considered to
be a trellis drainage pattern?
STOP #5: Vanderbilt Overlook
14. What type of rock is the Vanderbilt Mansion made of?
What type of building material is the rose garden made of?
15. What is the age of rock in Hyde Park (Use Ea Sci. Ref. Charts)?
16. What is the age of the Catskills seen across the Hudson River?
17. Why is the Catskills considered to be a plateau and NOT a mountain?
18. What must be present between the rocks in Hyde Park and the rocks of the Catskills?
19. What could be a possible explanation of the high elevation in Highland just across
the Hudson?
20. What is the slope like between the overlook and the Hudson River?
How would a topographic map show this slope?
21. What is the topography like along this slope?
22. What might have caused type of topography?
RETURN TO MAIN TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP