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Breakneck Ridge is a mountain along the Hudson River between Beacon and Cold Spring, New York, straddling the boundary between Dutchess and Putnam counties. Its distinctive rocky cliffs are visible for a long distance when approached from the south, and together with Storm King Mountain on the opposite bank of the river forms Wey-Gat, or Wind Gate, the picturesque northern gateway to the ...
Rattlesnake Hill; Red Hill (Delaware County) Red Hill (Ulster County) ... Breakneck Ridge. The mountains of southern New York State are part of the Appalachian ...
Breakneck Ridge is to the left, Storm King Mountain to the right with Bannerman's Island in the middle of the river and West Point visible in the distance. The Hudson Highlands are mountains on both sides of the Hudson River in New York state lying primarily in Putnam County on its east bank and Orange County on its west.
The timber rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, or banded rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) [6] is a species of pit viper endemic to eastern North America. Like all other pit vipers, it is venomous , with a very toxic bite. [ 7 ]
Breakneck Brook, sometimes Breakneck Valley Brook, [1] is a 1.7-mile-long (2.8 km) [2] tributary of the Hudson River located entirely in the Putnam County town of Philipstown, New York, United States. It rises at Surprise Lake and flows southwest towards the Hudson from there, mostly through Hudson Highlands State Park.
From the Tri-Cities, Rattlesnake Mountain looms on the horizon, an unreachable natural wonder that touches the sky. If one could reach the 3,600-foot summit on a calm, clear day, the vistas would ...
Storm King Mountain is a mountain on the west bank of the Hudson River just south of Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York.Together with Breakneck Ridge on the opposite bank of the river it forms "Wey-Gat" or Wind Gate, the picturesque northern narrows of the Hudson Highlands.
Specimens of the mottled rock rattlesnake (C. l. lepidus) from the Davis Mountains region often exhibit a more pink coloration, with dark-grey speckling rather than distinct banding. The banded rock rattlesnake (C. l. klauberi) gets its common name from its distinctive, clean banding, often with little speckling or mottling.