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Mohonk Mountain House

Photographs taken at Mohonk Mountain House near New Paltz, New York. Hover your mouse over an image to see its description, and click to view a larger version. Prints and digital downloads can be purchased via the shopping-cart icon in the larger view. Teachers are welcome to use any of the images in lectures for free as long as watermarks are visible and they are not published online or in print. My full photography site is here if you’d like to browse.

Mountain laurel on hiking path
Ice covering a wall of lichens
Boiler room
Buoy rope in ice
Butter dispenser
Butternut squash soup
Fruit refresher
Chinook helicopter over Mohonk Mountain House
Christmas decorations
Eastern painted turtles
Deer
Buffet
Expansive grout
Expansive grout holes
Firewood
Seared fish
Swim dock in fog
Water droplets inside ice
Summer house
Gingerbread house
Waffle station
Hallway
Hiking path
Lichen encased in ice
Melting lake ice
Mohonk Mountain House
Mountain laurel
Beach in fog
Lake Mohonk in winter
Dock at Lake Mohonk in fog
Mohonk Mountain House in evening
Lake Mohonk in winter
Mohonk Mountain House
Mohonk Mountain House
Path along Lake Mohonk
Lake Shore Road
Path with gazebo
Lake Shore Road
Ladder in rock scramble
Rock scramble ladder
Tree hit by lightning
Tree hit by lightning
American bullfrog
Litter lessens beauty
Lobster dinner
Lobster dinner
Bow drill fire starter
Shawangunk Ridge
Eggs with shaved truffles
Lake Mohonk dock
Gardens in winter
Summer house in winter
Hallway
Lake Mohonk with ice
Mohonk Mountain House at night
Mohonk Mountain House
Mohonk Mountain House
Mohonk Mountain House
Mohonk Mountain House in fog
Mohonk Mountain House
Mohonk Mountain House
Mohonk Mountain House
Mohonk Mountain House
Mohonk Mountain House
Kitchen bustle
Porte-cochère
Rocking chairs
Rocking chairs
Rocking chairs
Squirrel with plates
Stained glass with initials
Summer house on cliff
Waffle station
Ice on mossy rock
White moss
Needle ice
Origami bird flock
Talus field in fog
Girl on girder
Hallway furniture
Rime-frosted tree
Arrow in rock scramble
Ladder in rock scramble
Water on rocking chair
Rocking chairs
Surface roots
Shawagunk talus field
Sky Top on a cloudy day
Sky Top
Reservoir at Sky Top
Sky Top
Sky Top
Sky Top
Summer house in fog
Summer house on Lake Mohonk
Mohonk tea
The Trapps ridgeline
Snowy trail
Trapps ridgeline
Pine tree in fog
Golden Malted waffle irons
Golden Malted waffles

This is a blog with nature photography, biology-related projects, & geeky tips. All posts by Colin Purrington.

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