THURSDAY, October 23, 2025: WESTCHESTER Sketchers at Croton Gorge Park, Croton-on-Hudson

 

Croton Gorge Park is a 97-acre property at the base of the Croton Dam and affords impressive views of the dam and spillway. The park is a popular spot for fishing, picnicking and hiking, with direct trail access to New York State’s Old Croton Aqueduct, which begins here. The Croton River also begins here. The bridge that spans the Croton River and affords the best view of the spectacular spillway.

The Old Croton Dam, built to supply New York City with water, was the first large masonry dam in the United States. Completed in 1842, it was the prototype for many municipal water supply dams in the east during the mid-nineteenth century. The city’s needs, however, soon outgrew the Croton Dam water supply. Consequently, work began on the New Croton Dam, also called the Cornell Dam because of its location on land purchased from A.B. Cornell, in 1893. Completed in 1907, the Cornell Dam stands over 200 feet high. The Croton Reservoir has a capacity of about 34 billion gallons of water with a watershed covering 177 square miles.

DETAILS: 

DATE: THURSDAY, October 23, 2025. 
Start time: 10:00 AM

LOCATION: 
Croton Gorge Park, Route 129, Cortlandt, NY 10566 Phone: (914) 827-9568

Driving Directions:  (35 Yorktown Rd, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520 using online maps)  https://www.google.com/maps/place/NY-129+%26+Croton+Gorge+Park,+Cortlandt,+NY+10520/

From NYC: Take an Amtrak train from Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station or a Metro-North train from Grand Central Terminal to the Croton-Harmon station and then take a taxi to the park.

LUNCH: Please bring your own snack/lunch and beverage.  There are no food options at the Park.

SHOW and TELL: 1:00 PM. We will share our drawings and tell stories. This is the social part of our day and not to be missed.

NOTES:

• Make sure you dress warm - the forecast is mostly sunny but 61 degrees.
• Restrooms available.
• Parking is free.

Please RSVP to Cathy Gutterman westchester@nycurbansketchers.org

Looking for us? Call/text: Cathy at (914) 625-0766.