Books, Maps, and Websites

Books and Articles (Many books are avaiable through the Westchester Library System)

Arcara, Roger. Westchester's Forgotten Railroad. New Rochelle, NY: I & T Publishing Division/CSA Hobbies, 1985.

Best of Day Hops and Then Some: Guide to the Hudson Valley. New York: Meiselbach Company, 1987.

Between the Railroad and the River: Public Access Issues and Opportunities along the Tidal Hudson. Hudson River Access Forum, September 1989.

Breslav, Marc A. History of Stony Hill: Westchester's First Free Black Community. White Plains, NY: Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation, 1986.

Busch, Akiko. The Incidental Steward: Reflections on Citizen Science. New Haven, Ct. Yale University Press, 2013.

Cirillo, Joan. The Westchester Book: An Invitation to Explore. New York: Stein and Day, 1976.

Cooper, Linda G. A Walker's Guide to the Bronx River Parkway Reservation. White Plains, NY: Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation, 2000.

Cooper, Linda G. A Walker's Guide to the Hutchinson River Parkway Trail. White Plains, NY: Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation, n.d.

Cooper, Linda G. A Walker's Guide to the Old Croton Aqueduct. White Plains, NY: Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation, n.d.

Cooper, Linda G, and Roker, Alice. Yorktown: Images of America, Mount Pleasant, S.C., Arcadia Publishing, 2003

Daimant, Lincoln. Images of America: Teatown Lake Reservation. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2002.

French, Alvah P. History of Westchester County, New York. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1925.

DeLuca, Dan W. The Old Leather Man; Historical Accounts of a Connecticut and New York Legend, Middletown, Ct. Wesleyan University Press, 2008.

Daniels, Jane and Walt Daniels. Walkable Westchester: Mahwah NJ, New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, 2009 and 2014

George, Jean and Craig George. Walking Wild Westchester. Chappaqua, NY: Walk Press, 1972.

"Grenci, Ellis, and the Mellow Granite of Mohegan," North County News 4-10 March 1981:12.

Grimm, William C. The Illustrated Book of Trees. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1983.

Horne, Field.  Westchester County: A HIstory. Elmsford, NY. Weschester HIstorical Society, 2018.

Hudson River Access Study. White Plains, NY: Westchester County Department of Planning, 2001.

Hudson River Trailway Plan: Hudson RiverWalk - A Greenway Trail. White Plains, NY: Westchester County Department of Planning, 2003.

Hudson River Valley Greenway Trail Vision Plan (draft). Albany, NY: Hudson River Valley Greenway, 2007.

Irwin, Wallace, Jr. Larchmont's Reservoir: A Conservation Story. New Rochelle, NY: Sheldrake Environmental Center, Inc., 2002.

Koeppel, Gerard T. Water for Gotham: a history, Princeton, N.J, Princeton University Press, 2001

Kowal, Donna. Cranberry Lake Preserve History Trail. White Plains, NY: Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation, 2005.

Lederer, Richard M., Jr. The Place-Names of Westchester County; a Dictionary of Origins and Historical Meanings, Harrison, N.Y., Harbor Hill Books, 1978.

Marsh Memorial Sanctuary. Mount Kisco, NY: Marsh Sanctuary, 2008.

Newsletter. Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct, [various dates].

Newsletter. Westchester Land Trust. Bedford Hills, NY: Westchester Land Trust, [various dates].

Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1977.

Pessoni, Philip A. Historical Notes on the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation. Boutonville, NY: Landmark Document Services, 1995.

Preserve Guide: Lower Hudson Region Eastern New York Chapter. Mount Kisco, NY: Eastern New York Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, 2000.

Rici, Dan. "The Leatherman," Nimham Times, February 1998:10-11.

Trail Guide: The Mianus River Gorge Wildlife Refuge and Botanical Reserve. Bedford, NY: Mianus Gorge Preserve, Inc., n.d.

Van Diver, Bradford B. Roadside Geology of New York. Missoula MT: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 1985.

Walking Wild Lewisboro: A Complete Guide to Lewisboro's Trail System. Lewisboro, NY: Lewisboro Land Trust, 2007.

Weigold, Marilyn E. People and the Parks: A History of Parks and Recreation in Westchester County. White Plains, NY: Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation, n.d.

Williams, Gray. Picturing Our Past: National Register Sites in Westchester County. Elmsford, NY: Westchester County Historical Society, 2003.

Wittner, Phyllis. A History of Conservation in the Town of Mamaroneck, 1948-2006, Town on Mamaroneck, 2007

Yorktown Walk Book: A Trail Guide to Yorktown's Quiet Ways. Yorktown Heights, NY: Yorktown Land Trust, 2005 and 2016.

Maps

Hike and Bike the Westchester Way. White Plains, NY: Westchester County Department of Tourism, 2005.

Old Croton Trailway State Park. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct, 1998 and 2008.

Trail Map for the Westchester Wilderness Walk. Bedford Hills, NY: Westchester Land Trust, n.d.

Trailways: Map of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Hastings Department of Parks and Recreation, 2003.

A Visitor's Map to Lasdon Park, Arboretum & Veterans Memorial. Mount Kisco, NY: Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation, 2006.

Walking Trails of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Research Center. Ossining, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, June 1973.

Westchester County Atlas. Maspeth, NY: Hagstrom Map Company, 1999.

Websites

American Chestnut Foundation <www.acf.org>

Anderson, Steve. Croton Expressway, Historic Overview. <www.nycroads.com/roads/croton>.

Bedford Audubon Society. <www.bedfordaudubon.org/>.

Bedford Riding Lanes Association. <bedfordridinglanes.org/>.

Civilian Conservation Corps. Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy. <www.cccalumni.org/>.

Cooney, Patrick. NY-NJ-CT Botany Online. <www.nynjctbotany.org/>.

East Coast Greenway. <www.greenway.org/>;

Empire State Trail. <www.empiretrail.ny.gov/>

Groundspeak, Inc. Geocaching. <www.geocaching.com/>.

Lewisboro Horsemen's Association. <www.lhatrails.org/>.

North Salem Open Land Foundation. <www.nsolf.org/>.

Pound Ridge Land Conservancy. <www.prlc.net/>.

River Walk. <planning.westchestergov.com/initiatives/westchester-trails/riverwalk>

Saw Mill River Audubon, Inc. <www.sawmillriveraudubon.org/>.

Subway. New York, Westchester & Boston Railway. <www.nycsubway.org/nyc/nywb/>.

Westchester County, NY. Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation. <https://parks.westchestergov.com/>.

Westchester County, NY. Westchester County Archives. <https://archives.westchestergov.com/>.

Westchester Land Trust. <www.westchesterlandtrust.org/>.

Westmoreland Sanctuary. <www.westmorelandsanctuary.org/>.