⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking to Bash Bish Falls from Taconic State Park in Copake Falls, New York скачать в хорошем качестве

⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking to Bash Bish Falls from Taconic State Park in Copake Falls, New York

August 5, 2022 - 12:00 PM 89°F / 32°C Walking from the Taconic State Park parking lot in Copake Falls, New York across the New York-Massachusetts border to Bash Bish Falls in Mount Washington, Massachusetts. Highlights: 13:42 - New York and Massachusetts state border 18:10 - Bash Bish Falls From Wikipedia: Bash Bish Falls, a waterfall in Bash Bish Falls State Park in the Taconic Mountains of southwestern Massachusetts (Berkshire County), is the highest waterfall in the state. The falls are made up of a series of cascades, nearly 200 feet in total. The final cascade is split into twin falls by a jutting rock, dropping in a 59-foot "V" over boulders to a serene pool below. The waters of Bash Bish Falls begin at a spring in Mount Washington and after the falls, Bash Bish Brook has cut a 1,000 -foot deep valley on its way westward to adjacent New York State. The brook cuts between Bash Bish Mountain (elevation 1890) and Cedar Mountain (elevation 1883) creating a dramatic gorge that frames the falls. Bash Bish Falls State Park is located next to both Massachusetts' 4,000-acre Mount Washington State Forest and New York's 5,000 acres Taconic State Park. Bash Bish Falls has been a popular destination for visitors to the region since the 1800s, when a Swiss-style chalet was perched atop the falls. Famed visitors include writers Herman Melville, Henry Longfellow, and Henry David Thoreau, Hudson River School artist John Frederick Kensett, and baseball legend, Babe Ruth. In 2020, fueled by social media photographs and the COVID-19 pandemic (which increased use of outdoor spaces, especially those close to metropolitan areas), visitation to the falls increased exponentially, with published reports and photographs of crowds numbering an estimated 1000 to 1500 people at a time. As a result both the Massachusetts and New York conservation park officers increased patrolling, closed or limited use of the parking area to the falls, and even closed the park for a time. Recently the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation installed railings to prevent falls, More than 25 deaths have occurred at the Falls in the past century. Some were due to drowning, but most were due to rock climbing, rock jumping, and falls. This is a very dangerous area as rocks are slick, the gorge is deep, and pools are shallow. Swimming is not allowed. AOL Travel named Bash Bish Falls as one of the most dangerous tourist destinations in Massachusetts.