Bannerman Island Trust team is looking for volunteers to contribute to the preservation of the popular landmark.
Bannerman Island is part of the Hudson Highlands State Park under the jurisdiction of the New York State.
Bannerman Island is uninhabited island in the Hudson River, in New York’s Hudson Valley near Newburgh. The principal feature on the island is Bannerman’s Castle, an abandoned military surplus warehouse. The island is about 50 miles north of New York City and about 1,000 feet from the Hudson River’s eastern bank. It covers about 6.5 acres, most of it rock…