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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 ...
Sugarloaf Mountain is a 900-foot (270 m) peak located in the town of Fishkill near the Hudson River and Breakneck Ridge.One of several similarly named mountains in the U.S. state of New York, [2] it is part of the Hudson Highlands, located entirely within Hudson Highlands State Park.
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.
Breakneck Ridge Trail: One of the most popular trails in the park, [19] due to the challenge of the westernmost section, which climbs 1,250 feet (380 m) in its first 0.75 miles (1.21 km) through steep rocky chutes that require scrambling and offer views of Storm King and Newburgh Bay. The entire trail, 4.6 miles (7.4 km) in length, continues ...
At 9.5 miles (15.3 km) in length it is the longest trail in the Hudson Highlands State Park system; [2] although parts of the trail are on other public and private parcels in the area. It is rarely hiked in its entirety. Portions are used as part of common loop routes in the area, such as Breakneck Ridge near its west end and Fishkill Ridge at ...
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.
Breakneck Creek, a tributary of Connoquenessing Creek in western Pennsylvania; Breakneck Hill, in Allegany County, Maryland; Breakneck Ridge, a mountain along the Hudson River, New York; Breakneck Ridge (Metro-North station), a station on the Metro-North Railroad in New York State; Breakneck or N.I.C.E. 2, a 1998 video game
The old station, now a local restaurant called, "The Cold Spring Depot" The Hudson River Railroad was built through Cold Spring in 1851 in order to expand the Troy and Greenbush Railroad from the Albany area to New York City. HRR was acquired by the New York Central Railroad in 1864, which also built a depot here in 1893.