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Bear Mountain is one of the best-known peaks of New York 's Hudson Highlands. Located partially in Orange County in the town of Highlands and partially in Rockland County in the town of Stony Point, it lends its name to the nearby Bear Mountain Bridge and Bear Mountain State Park that contains it. Its summit, accessible by a paved road, has ...
Bear Mountain State Park is a 5,205-acre (21.06 km 2) state park located on the west bank of the Hudson River in Rockland and Orange counties, New York. [2][5] The park offers biking, hiking, boating, picnicking, swimming, cross-country skiing, cross-country running, sledding and ice skating. It also includes several facilities such as the ...
The Highlands are among the lowest summits in that range, and the Appalachian Trail reaches its lowest elevation in the Trailside Zoo between Bear Mountain State Park and Bear Mountain Bridge. Conversely, the river becomes narrower and deeper through the Highlands, reaching its deepest point of 216 feet (66 m), near Garrison.
Hudson Highlands State Park is a non-contiguous state park in the U.S. state of New York, located on the east side of the Hudson River. The park runs from Peekskill in Westchester County, through Putnam County, to Beacon in Dutchess County, in the eastern section of the Hudson Highlands. The park's lands, heavily mined, logged and quarried in ...
Anthony's Nose is a 900+ ft (270 m) peak in the Hudson Highlands along the east bank of the Hudson River in the hamlet of Cortlandt Manor, New York. It lies at the extreme northwest end of Westchester County, and serves as the east anchor of the Bear Mountain Bridge.
Looking east from the Torne, with Bear Mountain Bridge across the Hudson River. Popolopen Torne (officially called "The Torne") is a small peak with a relatively sharp and barren summit, part of the Hudson Highlands, at 942 feet (287 meters) above sea level. [1]
September 30, 1982. Location. The Bear Mountain Bridge, ceremonially named the Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge, [ 4 ] is a toll suspension bridge in New York State. It carries US 6 and US 202 across the Hudson River between Bear Mountain State Park in Orange County [ 5 ] and Cortlandt in Westchester County.
Dunderberg Mountain is a 1,086-foot (331 m) mountain on the west bank of the Hudson River at the southern end of the Hudson Highlands. [ 3][ 4] It lies just above Jones Point, New York, within Bear Mountain State Park and the town of Stony Point in Rockland County, New York . Dunderberg (also historically Donderberg) is a Dutch word, meaning ...