The Natural Stone Bridge & Caves Park is known for having the largest marble cave entrance in the eastern U.S. The family who owns the property does a good job of preserving as much of the natural beauty as possible while allowing hundreds of people a day to walk its self-guided tour.

The tour takes you over rocks (no boulder climbing) and tree roots and up and down stairs where necessary to see this natural wonder that was discovered by explorers in the 1600s.

The area was formed by a melting glacier that produced a river with water powerful enough to carve through the boulders. Today, the river is a tranquil brook, Trout Brook, and runs softly through and under the formations.

The self-guided tour takes about an hour and each point of interest is numbered and explained in a brochure given to you with your ticket.

Pottersville is a little more than 20 miles north of Lake George.

I realize the photos here may be hard to decipher and do not do the park justice. It's hard to get a perspective when all you're seeing are big boulders. If you're in the area, I'd say the adventure is worth your time.

the wandering chick
...Natural Stone Bridge & Caves Park
Pottersville
river bed
tour route over boulders
The Trout River as it flows today
cave entrance
The cave entrance is a slab of marble 62 feet high and 180 feet wide.
boulders
Another view of the cave entrance
potholes
boulders
"Potholes" are formed by smaller rocks that get caught in a small indentation in a rock face while underwater. The water current spins the smaller rock so that over time it carves a larger and lahole. A geologist's term for the pothole is a "rock-cut basin."
boulders
tour steps
water collection
rock formation of turtle's head
iIf you're interested in seeing more New York locations, please return to the New York home page.
I see a formation in this picture of a close-up of a turtle's face. The large black spot on the left is an eye. The other eye is obscured. But the nose is formed by a thin vertical ridge in the light gray portion of the rock that leads down to a darker gray point just to the left of the black spot on the right. I know that's confusing, but look closely. The mouth starts under the left black patch and travels to the right black patch. The head is flat, and there is a very small pointed chin. If you look REAL close you might even see an eyeball. The actual rock is a reflection.
p>Thank you for visiting these photo pages.

If you're interested in seeing more, please return to my Main Menu at the bottom of my home page and make your selection.

All images within thewanderingchick.com Web site are copyright protected. They may not be downloaded or otherwise copied.

Please contact me if you think a particular photo or set of photos can be used in your publication.