that monks kingdom interests me.
I did some quick research and found out it is the St. Michael's Mission House, which is an educational center for the Society of the Divine Word, a Missionary group founded in the Netherlands, with a surprisingly low membership (6 thousand), but apparently a lot of money. This is were they train teenagers to recruit people for God. The grounds are also used as a vineyard for production of sracremental wine (AKA Jesus's blood).
The site was the former summer retreat for Bernard McQuaid, the first Bishop of Rochester, and apparently a greedy bastard.
http://www.wemett.net/pics/mission1.JPG
supposedly there is a sizable gorge on the property too.
Here's a bird's eye view of the compound.
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By quick research, do you mean... just rephrasing what I wrote in the previous post, or did you miss that? 
It is an interesting place, and indeed I believe a ravine does cut through the area. I'm pretty sure that The Nature Conservancy has some land in the area that is accessible to "members". Their website says:
It is an interesting place, and indeed I believe a ravine does cut through the area. I'm pretty sure that The Nature Conservancy has some land in the area that is accessible to "members". Their website says:
Both the east and west sides are brimming full of deep ravines.In 2002, we purchased a 200-acre property of forests and gullies on the west side of Hemlock Lake, where the City’s ownership along the lake is at its narrowest—roughly 200 feet from the shoreline. Known as the Eagle Crest Preserve, the property is located in the Town of Conesus and adjoins City lands for more than one mile. Incompatible logging or residential development of this property could have had severe impacts to water quality in Hemlock Lake. The Eastman Kodak Company provided The Nature Conservancy with funding to acquire this property.
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I could have saved myself some time if I didn't miss that quote in your first post I guess. 
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We have a winner...
A great natural frame.
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A great natural frame.
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