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The Ashokan Center (formerly the Ashokan Field Campus, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as the Ashokan Field Campus Historic District, [1] is a 385-acre (156-hectare) outdoor education, conference, and retreat center located in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Schools have explored and been inspired by Ashokan's ...
Ashokan Farewell" / ə ˈ ʃ oʊ ˌ k æ n / is a musical piece composed by the American folk musician Jay Ungar in 1982. For many years, it served as a goodnight or farewell waltz at the annual Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camps, run by Ungar and his wife Molly Mason , who named the tune after the Ashokan Field Campus (now the Ashokan Center ) of ...
15 sie 2022 · Lucy Sante, the author of “Nineteen Reservoirs,” circumnavigates the Ashokan Reservoir, under which lie “apple knocker” villages razed and flooded by New York City for drinking water.
It is located at the eastern end of Ulster County, being about 13 miles (21 km) west of Kingston, New York, and approximately 93 miles (150 km) north of New York City. The reservoir is one of NYC's largest according to its surface area and volume.
18 gru 2021 · “Ashokan” refers to the Ashokan Reservoir, which is located a short distance from the site of the camp and supplies 40% of New York City’s Water. It was created by damming part of the Esopus Valley in 1915, and it currently covers 10,000 acres.
Ashokan offers year-round, panoramic views of the Catskill Mountains with several information kiosks along the path that provide visitors with information about the nation's largest water supply, local history, recreation and bald-eagle watching. No animals allowed.
5 lis 2021 · The Ashokan Reservoir opened in 1915. At 8300 acres, it was the world’s largest at the time and the first of six to be built in the Catskills between 1907 and 1965. It can hold 122.9 billion gallons at full capacity. Impressively, all the water flows by gravity through more than 100 miles of underground piping to reach New York City.
