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The fur and feathers crowd loves our award-winning maps! These pictures were taken at Yonkers 2021 National Nights Out festival, on August 3. Many community groups, children and pets descended on a local park to party. The event promotes police-community partnerships and safe neighborhoods. The Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct was honored to join so many fun-loving Yonkers families and pets who walk and help care for the aqueduct trail.

Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct are pleased to announce that our award-winning maps of the Aqueduct are now available for sale in the shop of Morris-Jumel Mansion in north Manhattan. The maps are in a slim, compact format, convenient to take on your walks or simply to peruse and enjoy.

We are pleased to announce that The Keeper's House in Dobbs Ferry will reopen to the public on Saturdays and Sundays from 1pm-4pm starting June 12th.

Come visit and check out our permanent interactive exhibition about the history of the tunnel and the trail.

Masks will be required and there will be limits on occupancy for each room.

The following are just some of the highlights of my walk which was completed in three outings and is presented in the sequence of completion. This effort was also a learning experience for me as was my 26-mile walk. Some examples: 1) the use of inverted syphons to compensate for elevation changes was genius; 2) how Gunter’s chain determined the 66’ width of the OCA; 3) and the incredible mansions and the people who occupied them along the 41-mile route.

A group of wonderful students from Mercy College  created their own pop-up I Love My Parks Day on May 1st to clean up the trail between Cedar Street in Dobbs Ferry and the Mercy Campus.

Way to go guys and thank you!

FOCA and Hastings VineSquad teamed up on Saturday March 20th to tackle vines and invasives on the OCA just south of Pinecrest Drive.

A beautiful spring day brought out more than a dozen seasoned loppers. Many passersby gave thanks for helping save the trees.

Due to a private event, the entire Lyndhurst estate will be closed to ALL visitors from March 22nd through April 21st.

Vehicles, walkers, and cyclists will be turned away at the main entrance by security and our Gate Staff. Those who normally walk the Old Croton Aqueduct State Park Trail will be detoured to South Broadway with the help from signs and OCA staff. Trail users of the North end of the Westchester County Riverwalk (behind Montefiore) will find the gate closed and locked. Please follow staff instructions and property signage for an alternate walking route.

Tom Tarnowsky's Zoom presentation on the History of the Aqueduct in Westchester County, presented to the Irvington Historical Society. is now viewable here:

photo by Steven Oakes

The Friends' own Sara Kelsey is profiled in the NY State Park February 2021 newsletter! The following is reprinted with permission of State Parks.

For more information and to see the State Parks calendar of events, please go HERE.