Read for directions to get there and look at my pics. So you actually access this from Pelham on Boston post road right next to the hutch. There is a street called Eastchester Place. Take that down to the end where it bends there is a house numbered 3480. Park across the street from it and you will see the overpass for the hutch with a sign in front. We actually used to hang out under this bridge as kids and drink etc. And I had no idea there was a trail but if you walk in go under the bridge and keep walking straight there is a path directly after on the left and it will bring you directly to the rock when the trail ends. Plaque is missing and there is litter all over but that is how...
Read moreYou must read: Saving Washington's Army: The Brilliant Last Stand of General John Glover at the Battle of Pell's Point, New York, October 18, 1776 to understand the significance of this rock and location. It was here that Washington's army in retreat to White Plains was saved from the British and Hessian mercenaries. The second time that Glover and his troops saved Washington from annihilation and ending the battle for independence. The Hessian losses were reported back to Germany and thus the actual losses to the British were not known to historians. The real forgotten hero of the American Revolution is John Glover and his...
Read moreIf the Split Rock could talk you would be amazed at the stories it would tell. Look up it's history. It takes alot to visit the site which it's on. You can't just pull your car into a parking lot and walk up to it.
For whatever reason, NYS Highway Engineers decided to isolate the rock. It is surrounded by three high traffic/high speed roads that form a triangle around it.
Northbound Interstate 95 Westbound Hutchinson River Pkwy. and, the off ramp that allows commuters to exit the Hutchinson River Pkwy to connect...
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