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acre Great Swamp o er tremendous opportunities for hiking, canoeing, and nature watching. Fishing and bird watching are also popular. Nearby, Lakeside Park features riding trails, tennis courts, swimming, and boating on the crystal-clear Green Mountain Lake. Dutcher Golf Course, according to Golf Digest is the oldest public nine- hole golf course in America, and the private Quaker Hill Country Club o ers members, golf, tennis and croquet.
The Great Swamp, which is one
of southern New York’s two largest remaining wetlands, extends for more than 20 miles and is home to a remarkable variety of wildlife, including some endangered plants and animals. The Appalachian Trail crosses the Great Swamp on a boardwalk and then goes through the nature reserve. It’s not uncommon to encounter Appalachian Trail hikers laden with massive backpacks needed for their 2,000-mile trek from Georgia to Maine.
Pawling is also home to the highly regarded Trinity-Pawling School, a private school for grades 7-12 that attracts boys from across the country for its day and boarding programs. The schoolmakesitsindoorhockeyrink available to the community and also sponsors a concert series that attracts exceptional talent from around the world to the campus.
Arts are also alive in Pawling. Each summer, the free Music by the Lake series brings popular music to the shore of Lakeside Park, and Pawling Public Radio’s SummerFest concert celebrates a variety of performing arts. The ArtEast organization sponsors an annual Artwalk tour of the studios of local artisans. The Akin Hall library and museum presents a juried art show every year, as does
Above: Lacrosse players ar Trinity-Pawling School,anall-dayboardingschoolfounded in 1907. Left: The Historical Society of Quaker Hill and Pawling John Kane House, located on Quaker HIll in Pawling. Photo by Natalie Keyssar.
the Friends of the Great Swamp (FrOGS) organization, which organizes an art show at Lankler Hall on Quaker Hill. The Pawling Theatre Company — just 95 minutes from Broadway — stages several productions each year, and the Pawling Shakespeare Club has been active for more than a century.
“Pawling is the home of ‘positive thinking,’ where neighbors help neighbors," observed long-time resident Charles Daniels III, who is executive vice president of Rose & Kiernan Insurance Agency in Pawling "It combines the charms of small town and rural living with natural beauty, vibrant arts and culture, and abundant recreational opportunities.” Serving on multiple boards in his hometown and surrounding areas, including the Pawling Resource Center and Dutchess County Industrial Development Agency, Mr. Daniels agrees with Lowell Thomas: “Pawling is paradise on earth.”
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