Observing Glacial Erratics Along the Ronkonkoma Moraine

Sun Mar 26, 2023
1:00pm ET
Age: Adults and teens
Price: Adults: $15. Teens: $10.
Location:
South Fork Natural History Museum
631-537-9735
377 County Rd 79, Bridgehampton, NY, 11932
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The geologic event that most greatly affected the land surface of Long Island was the advance of a massive continental glacier into this region during the Wisconsin stage of the Pleistocene Epoch.

The Ronkonkoma and the later Harbor Hill are two sub-stages, or positions, of this ice sheet which occurred on Long Island. https://www.garviespointmuseum.com/

This walk with Frank will give you an up-close view of glacial erratics – often the size of boulders – deposited as the glacier melted and retreated

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