Click on the map above for a larger version.

The northernmost point of the Grand Prix course is just one block south of Tower Two of the Galaxy. Expect dramatic views from southern windows in Tower One and Tower Two.

The southernmost point is up the overpass about 300 yards south of the Port Imperial ferry terminal and trolley station.

The start and finish line will be on the straight hard by the ferry terminal at Port Imperial. We guess grandstands will be built on all the open ground there though one big selling point of the track is for TV to show west-side Manhattan in the background.

The construction going on at Port Imperial now is related. It is for parking and facilities and eventually for retail stores.  We are not seeing any more mention of the Wyndham Hotel which was approved for right there.

Here is a little more on the planned course from the Wikipedia.  We reckon this is potentially a huge value-booster for the Galaxy and this part of the Gold Coast.

We will keep this in update from now on.

Answer? Northern Massachusetts.

(1) In the north-west,  Shelburne Falls and Turners Falls (there’s no tourism internet page for Turners Falls, but the hydro and lock system is very impressive) and Gardner.

(2) In the north-east, Gloucester. The home port of the fishing boat that was swallowed up in A Perfect Storm. It is an hour or so north-east of Boston.

Answer? .....The New Jersey Botanical Garden At Skylands Manor Very high up. Spectacularly situated on a hilltop, in fact. Very diverse trees and flowers. Huge sweeping lawns. And a nice drive from each of several directions.

The New Jersey Botanical Garden at Skylands encompasses the heartland of an estate assembled from pioneer farmsteads in the 1890s. In 1922, Clarence McKenzie Lewis, an investment banker and a trustee of the New York Botanical Garden, purchased the property and built the existing Tudor-style manor house. He also transformed Skylands into a botanical showplace. Mr. Lewis engaged prominent landscape architects to design the grounds and for thirty years collected plants from all over the world to show in his gardens. In 1966, the State of New Jersey purchased the 1,117 acres of Skylands, the state’s first acquisition under the Green Acres preservation program. In March 1984, Governor Thomas Kean designated the central 96 acres surrounding the manor house as the State’s official botanical garden. Skylands appears on both the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Skylands’ gardens are open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day. Entrance to the gardens is free. On weekends from Memorial Day through Labor Day, there is a modest parking charge. To preserve and protect the gardens, we ask that visitors refrain from playing ball or Frisbee games, picnicking and bringing pets onto the grounds.

Driving Directions: This is the easy route: via the New York Thruway (I-87/287) & Route 17 Take the New York Thruway or NJ Route 17 to Exit 15-A on the Thruway. Take NY Route 17 North to Route 72 West, which becomes Sloatsburg Road in New Jersey. Take Sloatsburg Road past Ringwood Manor. Make a left onto Morris Road. The NJBG is 1.5 miles up Morris Road at the top of the hill. This is the more complicated and more interesting route via the Skyline Drive Take Route 4 through Paramus to the I-287 and head south. At Exit 57, follow the signs to Skyline Drive. Drive over the mountain (approximately five miles). Turn right at the bottom of Skyline Drive on #511. Take second right onto Sloatsburg Road. You will pass the Hewitt School and Carletondale Road. Make a right on Morris Road. The NJBG is 1.5 miles up on Morris Road, at the top of the hill.

Answer? As in the comments below: Mount Mansfield. At 4,393 feet, it is the highest mountain in Vermont.

By the way, a further clue: the ski-lift ceases to operate for several months halfway through leaf-peeper season. Just don’t be caught on the summit when that event happens.

Answer? Woods Hole. South-east end of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Home to what is probably the largest and best-funded marine institute in the world. The one that located the Titanic. It has a great small museum and some nice places for seafood. And it is very pretty to walk. The last three shots gave it away, right? One is of the Nantucket ferry and two are on the Cape Cod shipping canal. Woods Hole is in itself not a destination for more than a few hours, perhaps, but there is all of Cape Cod itself to the east, and New Plymouth to the north, and Rhode Island and especially Newport to the west.]]> tag:galaxyrising.com,2011:index.php/trifecta/index/1.188 2011-11-02T18:00:26+00:00 2011-11-11T15:14:27+00:00

Answer? Kykuit Manor. The 20th-century Rockefeller mansion and estate high on a hill near Tarrytown in the Hudson valley.]]> tag:galaxyrising.com,2011:index.php/trifecta/index/1.166 2011-10-14T20:10:12+00:00 2011-12-29T16:45:14+00:00

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2011-10-14T20:10:12+00:00 The GR Team thegrteam@galaxyrising.com 3 N-E Jersey Devel, Recreation, 5 New York Devel, The Bronx

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Answer? If you really don’t have it, the answer is at the foot of the second post in a day or two with some more shots.

Answer? Lake Tear-of-the-Clouds. A small lake high in the Adirondacks. The source of our own River Hudson.

And if you want to zig-zag from down here to up there, you are gonna have to make it through or across the 36 tunnels and bridges listed below. Happy zig-zagging…...


List of the Hudson’s 36 tunnels and bridges

Click “More” below for the full list.

Right. Eastern Canada’s remarkable Bay of Fundy again.

Above: The bay when the enormous tide has delivered fourteen cubic kilometers of water in six hours. The bay is so large that the far shoreline is not always in sight.

Below: The interesting and slightly scary sandscapes, teeming with life and fossils, exposed for a couple of hours when the tide is fully out again.

Below: High cliffs line most of the shoreline

NOT considered to be a smart idea to be caught below one of these when the tide comes in. Walkers and horseback riders keep a close eye on the clock.

Below: Cape Split, half-blocking the mouth of Minas Basin in the north-east

The fastest, most dangerous tidal rips are here, and they put out an eerie roar. Peak current speed is 8 miles an hour.

Nearby to the east are the greatest tide rises and falls ever measured, the 50-feet-plus ones.

Below: Ships come and go in a real hurry

These two below are the high-speed Cat Ferry from western Maine, arriving at the south-eastern shore, and an ore-carrier in Minas Basin, loading 20,000 tons of gypsum in three hours.

Below: Because of the huge tides, rather different from Maine

But there are whales and lighthouses and shore settlements and national parks with a wild beauty quite their own.

There is really a lot to do. Things are cheap for us, because the Canadian dollar is low The B&Bs are just great. And it is all very uncrowded…