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Brian C. Steinberg
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Tribute to Logan the Cat
Eulogy of Alan David Steinberg
PICTURES
ROCK HOUNDING
ROCKHOUNDING MAP PROJECT (GOOGLE EARTH)
0. Stafford Limestone?
1.East Amherst Street by McCarthy Park (Onondaga and Bois Blanc Limestones)
2. LaFarge Quarry, Lockport, NY
LaFarge Part 2
3. Black Rock
4. Sweet Home Road just NE of the I-290
Sweet Home Part 2
5. WHIRLPOOL STATE PARK GEOLOGY
6. Sheridan and Transit
7. Amherst State Park!
Amherst State Park
8. North Lockport, NY.
9. NW Lockport (Gothic Hill Rd. / Gothic Ledge
UPDATED 4/18/26
10. Grimsby Sandstone
11. Pekin (Gasport Dolomite)
12. Cambria Shale of Medina Group (NY*)
13. Reynales Limestone
14. Cherokee Unconformity
UP THE CHEROKEE!
15. Grinsby Sandstone and Decew Dolostone
16. Crinoid Fossil
17. NIAGARA GORGE PART 2!
GEOLOGY OF NIAGARA GORGE
18. PENN DIXIE
Penn Dixie Deathly Hollows (Below Tichenor)
Woodlawn Beach Sand Dunes
19. AKRON FALLS PARK
20. Onondaga Limestone (East of Clarence, NY)
21. SHORT TRIP: Onondaga Limestone Escarpment (UB South Campus)
22. Akron Dolostone: Forest Lawn Cemetery
23. Medina Sandstone
24. GRIMSBY SANDSTONE
25. Eternal Flame Falls
26.Royalton Ravine Park
27. Rochester Shale (Gasport Road and Mountain Road).
28. Grimsby Sandstone (Lake Ave. and Heather Dr., Lockport, NY)
29. Lockport Group (Gasport-Decew-Roch)
30. Queenston Shale
Medina Falls Sandstone
31. Oatka Creek Shale
32. OUT WATER PARK Lockport Dolomite?
Dead Man's Cave?
33. Art Park State Park
ROCK STRATA (DRAFT)
Schist / Phyllite (Vermont)
34. Neahga Shale?
#35. Lockport Dolomite
36. Clarendon Falls (Lockport Limestone)
37. Waterport Falls (Queenston Shale)
38. Medina Sandstone
39. Graycliff (18 Mile Creek / Lake Erie)
Lytle Nature Preserve
40A. Lockport Dolomite (Upper Mountain Road and Shawnee Road)
40 B 4830 Thrall Road, Lockport, NY (Rocks not accessible).
41. Bullis Rd (Buffalo Creek)
42. Clarence Escarpment Sanctuary
43. Clarence Nature Center
44. Clyde L. Burmaster (Bond Lake) Park
45. Holley Canal Falls
46. Levanna Shale (Como Park)
47. Angola Shale from 18 Mile Creek
48. Camillus Shale? (Amherst State Park)
49. Eagle Harbor Quarry (Albion)
50 Hobuck Flats (Buttermilk Falls)
51. Herkimer Diamond Mines
52 NYGSA TRIP (HAMILTON COLLEGE AREA)
53. Lockport Locks (Lockport Dolostone)
54. Owens Sanctuary Waterfall (East Aurora)
Beeman Creek Park
55. Gasport Dolomite
56. Levanna Shale (Burchfield Nature Center) Buffalo Creek
57. Bois Blanc Limestone (C
58. Centerfield Limestone (Blossom)- Buffalo Creek
Reinstein Woods (Glacial Till)
59. Leydecker Road and Cazenovia Creek
60. Joe Panza Nature Trail
61. Franklin Gulf County Park
62. Holcim (LaFarge) Quarry
63. Cambria Road Gasport-Roch
64. Lockport Dolomite (Bolton Road).
65. Camillus Shale (Dr. Brett)
Minnehaha Falls (Minneapolis, MN)
66. St. Peters Sandstone (Rochester, MN)
67. Mazomanie Sandstone (Hudson, WI)
68. PLATEVILLE (LIMESTONE/DOLOMITE Decorah, IA: Luther College Campus)
12/25 MN/IA/WI Trip
69. Creation Walk Nature Trail (Marilla, NY)
70. Kelly Park Rock Springs
71. Coquina Rocks (Washington Oaks Gardens State Park)
72. PEACE RIVER FORMATION FOSSILS (FOSSIL JUNKIES)
73. Hillsborough River State Park
74. Billy Wilson Park
75. Leete Road (North of Lower Mountain Road).
76. Getzville Road, Amherst, NY (Bertie)
77. Hunter's Creek (East Aurora)
78. Erie Canal (Stevens Street Bridge)
79. Emory Falls: Angola Shale and Wiscoy Sandstone?
80. Colden Falls (Hanvoer Shale)
81. SERPENTINE (STATEN ISLAND, NY)
82. Graniteville Quarry Park, Staten Island, NY
83. Manhattan Mica Schist (Central Park)
84. Fordham Gneiss (Van Cortlandt Park)
85. Inwood Marble
86. Palisades Diabase (For Lee, NJ)
87. Franklin Marble (Sterling Hill Mining Museum)
88. Allentown Dolomite (Stromoloites)
89. Power Glen Shale
90. Thorold Sandstone
91. Brompton Road (Onondaga Limestone)
92. Cashaqua/Middlesex Shales? West River Shale?
93. Baer Road (Goat Island above Gasport Dolomite)
94. 18 Mile Creek Fishing Access
95. Route 5 and 18 Mile Creek
96. Irondequoit Limestone
97. Rochester Shale
98. Onondaga Escarpment Unique Area
99. Wanaka Shale up to Tichenor Limestone
MISC.
Minnesota Linear Park (Trails to Rails)
Great Lakes 360
Angel Falls (Java, NY)
Spring Brook Falls (Northrup Road)
Indian Falls (Pembrook)
CRITICAL STUDIES!
ROCK STORAGE
FOSSILS
PENN DIXIE
BUFFALO CREEK (BULLIS)
FOSSIL GOAL #1
Future Rock Hounding (Digs)
ROCK SEQUENCE:
US: PHYSICAL SETTING: EARTH SCIENCE
RETIREMENT IDEAS
FLORIDA FEB 2026 ROCK/FOSSIL/BASEBALL TRIP
NYC 2026 GEOLOGY TRIP
Brian C. Steinberg
HOME
ABOUT ME
IN THE NEWS:
ONLINE EDUCATION
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
CONTACT ME
SHORT RESUME
CURRICULUM VITAE
PUBLICATIONS AND SELECT PRESENTATIONS
ACORNS AND CONES INC.
TREES
Links
My Home Weather Station
Science / Pictures
Tribute to Logan the Cat
Eulogy of Alan David Steinberg
PICTURES
ROCK HOUNDING
ROCKHOUNDING MAP PROJECT (GOOGLE EARTH)
0. Stafford Limestone?
1.East Amherst Street by McCarthy Park (Onondaga and Bois Blanc Limestones)
2. LaFarge Quarry, Lockport, NY
LaFarge Part 2
3. Black Rock
4. Sweet Home Road just NE of the I-290
Sweet Home Part 2
5. WHIRLPOOL STATE PARK GEOLOGY
6. Sheridan and Transit
7. Amherst State Park!
Amherst State Park
8. North Lockport, NY.
9. NW Lockport (Gothic Hill Rd. / Gothic Ledge
UPDATED 4/18/26
10. Grimsby Sandstone
11. Pekin (Gasport Dolomite)
12. Cambria Shale of Medina Group (NY*)
13. Reynales Limestone
14. Cherokee Unconformity
UP THE CHEROKEE!
15. Grinsby Sandstone and Decew Dolostone
16. Crinoid Fossil
17. NIAGARA GORGE PART 2!
GEOLOGY OF NIAGARA GORGE
18. PENN DIXIE
Penn Dixie Deathly Hollows (Below Tichenor)
Woodlawn Beach Sand Dunes
19. AKRON FALLS PARK
20. Onondaga Limestone (East of Clarence, NY)
21. SHORT TRIP: Onondaga Limestone Escarpment (UB South Campus)
22. Akron Dolostone: Forest Lawn Cemetery
23. Medina Sandstone
24. GRIMSBY SANDSTONE
25. Eternal Flame Falls
26.Royalton Ravine Park
27. Rochester Shale (Gasport Road and Mountain Road).
28. Grimsby Sandstone (Lake Ave. and Heather Dr., Lockport, NY)
29. Lockport Group (Gasport-Decew-Roch)
30. Queenston Shale
Medina Falls Sandstone
31. Oatka Creek Shale
32. OUT WATER PARK Lockport Dolomite?
Dead Man's Cave?
33. Art Park State Park
ROCK STRATA (DRAFT)
Schist / Phyllite (Vermont)
34. Neahga Shale?
#35. Lockport Dolomite
36. Clarendon Falls (Lockport Limestone)
37. Waterport Falls (Queenston Shale)
38. Medina Sandstone
39. Graycliff (18 Mile Creek / Lake Erie)
Lytle Nature Preserve
40A. Lockport Dolomite (Upper Mountain Road and Shawnee Road)
40 B 4830 Thrall Road, Lockport, NY (Rocks not accessible).
41. Bullis Rd (Buffalo Creek)
42. Clarence Escarpment Sanctuary
43. Clarence Nature Center
44. Clyde L. Burmaster (Bond Lake) Park
45. Holley Canal Falls
46. Levanna Shale (Como Park)
47. Angola Shale from 18 Mile Creek
48. Camillus Shale? (Amherst State Park)
49. Eagle Harbor Quarry (Albion)
50 Hobuck Flats (Buttermilk Falls)
51. Herkimer Diamond Mines
52 NYGSA TRIP (HAMILTON COLLEGE AREA)
53. Lockport Locks (Lockport Dolostone)
54. Owens Sanctuary Waterfall (East Aurora)
Beeman Creek Park
55. Gasport Dolomite
56. Levanna Shale (Burchfield Nature Center) Buffalo Creek
57. Bois Blanc Limestone (C
58. Centerfield Limestone (Blossom)- Buffalo Creek
Reinstein Woods (Glacial Till)
59. Leydecker Road and Cazenovia Creek
60. Joe Panza Nature Trail
61. Franklin Gulf County Park
62. Holcim (LaFarge) Quarry
63. Cambria Road Gasport-Roch
64. Lockport Dolomite (Bolton Road).
65. Camillus Shale (Dr. Brett)
Minnehaha Falls (Minneapolis, MN)
66. St. Peters Sandstone (Rochester, MN)
67. Mazomanie Sandstone (Hudson, WI)
68. PLATEVILLE (LIMESTONE/DOLOMITE Decorah, IA: Luther College Campus)
12/25 MN/IA/WI Trip
69. Creation Walk Nature Trail (Marilla, NY)
70. Kelly Park Rock Springs
71. Coquina Rocks (Washington Oaks Gardens State Park)
72. PEACE RIVER FORMATION FOSSILS (FOSSIL JUNKIES)
73. Hillsborough River State Park
74. Billy Wilson Park
75. Leete Road (North of Lower Mountain Road).
76. Getzville Road, Amherst, NY (Bertie)
77. Hunter's Creek (East Aurora)
78. Erie Canal (Stevens Street Bridge)
79. Emory Falls: Angola Shale and Wiscoy Sandstone?
80. Colden Falls (Hanvoer Shale)
81. SERPENTINE (STATEN ISLAND, NY)
82. Graniteville Quarry Park, Staten Island, NY
83. Manhattan Mica Schist (Central Park)
84. Fordham Gneiss (Van Cortlandt Park)
85. Inwood Marble
86. Palisades Diabase (For Lee, NJ)
87. Franklin Marble (Sterling Hill Mining Museum)
88. Allentown Dolomite (Stromoloites)
89. Power Glen Shale
90. Thorold Sandstone
91. Brompton Road (Onondaga Limestone)
92. Cashaqua/Middlesex Shales? West River Shale?
93. Baer Road (Goat Island above Gasport Dolomite)
94. 18 Mile Creek Fishing Access
95. Route 5 and 18 Mile Creek
96. Irondequoit Limestone
97. Rochester Shale
98. Onondaga Escarpment Unique Area
99. Wanaka Shale up to Tichenor Limestone
MISC.
Minnesota Linear Park (Trails to Rails)
Great Lakes 360
Angel Falls (Java, NY)
Spring Brook Falls (Northrup Road)
Indian Falls (Pembrook)
CRITICAL STUDIES!
ROCK STORAGE
FOSSILS
PENN DIXIE
BUFFALO CREEK (BULLIS)
FOSSIL GOAL #1
Future Rock Hounding (Digs)
ROCK SEQUENCE:
US: PHYSICAL SETTING: EARTH SCIENCE
RETIREMENT IDEAS
FLORIDA FEB 2026 ROCK/FOSSIL/BASEBALL TRIP
NYC 2026 GEOLOGY TRIP
More
HOME
ABOUT ME
IN THE NEWS:
ONLINE EDUCATION
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
CONTACT ME
SHORT RESUME
CURRICULUM VITAE
PUBLICATIONS AND SELECT PRESENTATIONS
ACORNS AND CONES INC.
TREES
Links
My Home Weather Station
Science / Pictures
Tribute to Logan the Cat
Eulogy of Alan David Steinberg
PICTURES
ROCK HOUNDING
ROCKHOUNDING MAP PROJECT (GOOGLE EARTH)
0. Stafford Limestone?
1.East Amherst Street by McCarthy Park (Onondaga and Bois Blanc Limestones)
2. LaFarge Quarry, Lockport, NY
LaFarge Part 2
3. Black Rock
4. Sweet Home Road just NE of the I-290
Sweet Home Part 2
5. WHIRLPOOL STATE PARK GEOLOGY
6. Sheridan and Transit
7. Amherst State Park!
Amherst State Park
8. North Lockport, NY.
9. NW Lockport (Gothic Hill Rd. / Gothic Ledge
UPDATED 4/18/26
10. Grimsby Sandstone
11. Pekin (Gasport Dolomite)
12. Cambria Shale of Medina Group (NY*)
13. Reynales Limestone
14. Cherokee Unconformity
UP THE CHEROKEE!
15. Grinsby Sandstone and Decew Dolostone
16. Crinoid Fossil
17. NIAGARA GORGE PART 2!
GEOLOGY OF NIAGARA GORGE
18. PENN DIXIE
Penn Dixie Deathly Hollows (Below Tichenor)
Woodlawn Beach Sand Dunes
19. AKRON FALLS PARK
20. Onondaga Limestone (East of Clarence, NY)
21. SHORT TRIP: Onondaga Limestone Escarpment (UB South Campus)
22. Akron Dolostone: Forest Lawn Cemetery
23. Medina Sandstone
24. GRIMSBY SANDSTONE
25. Eternal Flame Falls
26.Royalton Ravine Park
27. Rochester Shale (Gasport Road and Mountain Road).
28. Grimsby Sandstone (Lake Ave. and Heather Dr., Lockport, NY)
29. Lockport Group (Gasport-Decew-Roch)
30. Queenston Shale
Medina Falls Sandstone
31. Oatka Creek Shale
32. OUT WATER PARK Lockport Dolomite?
Dead Man's Cave?
33. Art Park State Park
ROCK STRATA (DRAFT)
Schist / Phyllite (Vermont)
34. Neahga Shale?
#35. Lockport Dolomite
36. Clarendon Falls (Lockport Limestone)
37. Waterport Falls (Queenston Shale)
38. Medina Sandstone
39. Graycliff (18 Mile Creek / Lake Erie)
Lytle Nature Preserve
40A. Lockport Dolomite (Upper Mountain Road and Shawnee Road)
40 B 4830 Thrall Road, Lockport, NY (Rocks not accessible).
41. Bullis Rd (Buffalo Creek)
42. Clarence Escarpment Sanctuary
43. Clarence Nature Center
44. Clyde L. Burmaster (Bond Lake) Park
45. Holley Canal Falls
46. Levanna Shale (Como Park)
47. Angola Shale from 18 Mile Creek
48. Camillus Shale? (Amherst State Park)
49. Eagle Harbor Quarry (Albion)
50 Hobuck Flats (Buttermilk Falls)
51. Herkimer Diamond Mines
52 NYGSA TRIP (HAMILTON COLLEGE AREA)
53. Lockport Locks (Lockport Dolostone)
54. Owens Sanctuary Waterfall (East Aurora)
Beeman Creek Park
55. Gasport Dolomite
56. Levanna Shale (Burchfield Nature Center) Buffalo Creek
57. Bois Blanc Limestone (C
58. Centerfield Limestone (Blossom)- Buffalo Creek
Reinstein Woods (Glacial Till)
59. Leydecker Road and Cazenovia Creek
60. Joe Panza Nature Trail
61. Franklin Gulf County Park
62. Holcim (LaFarge) Quarry
63. Cambria Road Gasport-Roch
64. Lockport Dolomite (Bolton Road).
65. Camillus Shale (Dr. Brett)
Minnehaha Falls (Minneapolis, MN)
66. St. Peters Sandstone (Rochester, MN)
67. Mazomanie Sandstone (Hudson, WI)
68. PLATEVILLE (LIMESTONE/DOLOMITE Decorah, IA: Luther College Campus)
12/25 MN/IA/WI Trip
69. Creation Walk Nature Trail (Marilla, NY)
70. Kelly Park Rock Springs
71. Coquina Rocks (Washington Oaks Gardens State Park)
72. PEACE RIVER FORMATION FOSSILS (FOSSIL JUNKIES)
73. Hillsborough River State Park
74. Billy Wilson Park
75. Leete Road (North of Lower Mountain Road).
76. Getzville Road, Amherst, NY (Bertie)
77. Hunter's Creek (East Aurora)
78. Erie Canal (Stevens Street Bridge)
79. Emory Falls: Angola Shale and Wiscoy Sandstone?
80. Colden Falls (Hanvoer Shale)
81. SERPENTINE (STATEN ISLAND, NY)
82. Graniteville Quarry Park, Staten Island, NY
83. Manhattan Mica Schist (Central Park)
84. Fordham Gneiss (Van Cortlandt Park)
85. Inwood Marble
86. Palisades Diabase (For Lee, NJ)
87. Franklin Marble (Sterling Hill Mining Museum)
88. Allentown Dolomite (Stromoloites)
89. Power Glen Shale
90. Thorold Sandstone
91. Brompton Road (Onondaga Limestone)
92. Cashaqua/Middlesex Shales? West River Shale?
93. Baer Road (Goat Island above Gasport Dolomite)
94. 18 Mile Creek Fishing Access
95. Route 5 and 18 Mile Creek
96. Irondequoit Limestone
97. Rochester Shale
98. Onondaga Escarpment Unique Area
99. Wanaka Shale up to Tichenor Limestone
MISC.
Minnesota Linear Park (Trails to Rails)
Great Lakes 360
Angel Falls (Java, NY)
Spring Brook Falls (Northrup Road)
Indian Falls (Pembrook)
CRITICAL STUDIES!
ROCK STORAGE
FOSSILS
PENN DIXIE
BUFFALO CREEK (BULLIS)
FOSSIL GOAL #1
Future Rock Hounding (Digs)
ROCK SEQUENCE:
US: PHYSICAL SETTING: EARTH SCIENCE
RETIREMENT IDEAS
FLORIDA FEB 2026 ROCK/FOSSIL/BASEBALL TRIP
NYC 2026 GEOLOGY TRIP
98. Onondaga Escarpment Unique Area
Onondaga Limestone over akron dolostone
Onondaga Escarpment Unique Area
Located north of the Akron Airport on the outskirts of the Village of Akron, the Onondaga Escarpment Unique Area provides a peaceful walk in the woods with about 1.4 miles of hiking trails.
Onondaga Escarpment topographic map, elevation, terrain
Average elevation: 774 ft • Onondaga Escarpment, Village of Akron, Town of Newstead, Erie County, New York, 14001, United States • Visualization and sharing of free topographic maps.
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