[RESCHEDULED] Central Park Rocks - A Guided Geology Tour
Details
[Due to the NYC marathon, we will meet at the NW corner of Central Park]
Dear members,
How many times have you walked through Central Park and wondered what secrets its rocky landscape holds? Now it's your chance to find out! Join us for a guided geology tour of the city's most cherished park with Dr. Daniel Babin - geologist, climate scientist, and educator. For more details on Daniel's work, check out his Instagram page @geoknowledgy.
Event fee
All royalties gathered through this event will go to our guide. Organizing and leading a three-hour tour is hard work. By joining this ticketed event you are supporting Daniel's knowledge sharing endeavor.
A message from our tour guide
There is so much to learn about the history of the earth and its climate from the rocks beneath your feet. I want to transform a lovely fall Sunday stroll through this world famous park into a journey through 500 million years of earth's history.
You should walk away from this event with
- A familiarity with basic geological principles such as rock types, stratigraphic principles, and tectonic processes
- An idea of the sequence of events from deep to recent history that shaped the landscape of Manhattan and the Tri-State Area
- A smile, laughs, and good company :)
Meeting point
We will meet at 11 AM at the Northwest corner of Central Park at the Frederick Douglass circle. I will have a giant orange flag on it that should make it pretty easy to find me.
Difficulty level
The total walking distance shouldn't be more than 2 miles. There will be parts of the tour where I will be doing more speaking, and at those times you can sit and rest on the rocks, grass, or a blanket if you choose to bring one. You don't need to wear boots, but some of the rocks are surprisingly steep for such a popular park, and a certain not-yet-to-be-named geological process has made them very smooth. You may want to scramble on them in order to get a closer look at certain features, so I recommend athletic shoes with a decent grip.