Bear Mountain, Bear Mountain State Park

Name: Bear Mountain
Address: Bear Mountain State Park, United States

#1 among attractions in Bear Mountain State Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Mountain

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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. ()

Elevation: 1289 ftCoordinates: 41°18'4"N, 73°59'34"W

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Bear Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fort Montgomery, Patriot Hills Golf Course, Stony Point Battlefield, Stony Point Light.

1.6 miN
State park, Body of water, Nature and wildlife
Fort Montgomery, Fort Montgomery
41 min walk • Fort Montgomery was a fortification built on the west bank of the Hudson River in Highlands, New York by the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
5.6 miS
41°13'29"N • 74°1'51"W
Patriot Hills Golf Course, Stony Point
144 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
4.2 miS
Historical place, Military museum, Museum
Stony Point Battlefield, Stony Point
108 min walk • Stony Point Battlefield is a historic site in Rockland County, New York; the location of the 1779 Battle of Stony Point during the American Revolutionary War. It is a National Historic Landmark and has a museum.
4.3 miS
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Stony Point Light, Stony Point
109 min walk • The Stony Point Light is the oldest lighthouse on the Hudson River. It is located at the Stony Point Battlefield in Stony Point, New York. The lighthouse was built in 1826 by Thomas Phillips, to warn ships away from the rocks of the Stony Point peninsula.
3.9 miE
Church
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Peekskill
100 min walk • St. Peter's Episcopal Church of Peekskill, New York, United States, is located on the north edge of the city's downtown. It is a three-building complex of stone Late Gothic Revival buildings on a half-acre dating to the late 19th century and added onto at successive later dates.
1.4 miN
Historic, tolled suspension bridge
Bear Mountain Bridge, Garrison
36 min walk • The Bear Mountain Bridge, ceremonially named the Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge, is a toll suspension bridge in New York State.
1.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dunderberg Mountain, Bear Mountain State Park
29 min walk • Dunderberg Mountain is a 1,086-foot mountain on the west bank of the Hudson River at the southern end of the Hudson Highlands. It lies just above Jones Point, New York, within Bear Mountain State Park and the town of Stony Point in Rockland County, New York.
2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Popolopen, Bear Mountain State Park
51 min walk • Popolopen is the name of several related landmarks mainly within the Hudson Highlands of Orange County, New York. These include a mountain, Popolopen Torne—or simply "The Torne", and a short and steep-sided nearby valley officially called Hell Hole, but often Popolopen Gorge. Popolopen Creek runs through this valley.
3.7 miE
Church, Greek Revival architecture
Peekskill Presbyterian Church, Peekskill
95 min walk • The Peekskill Presbyterian Church is a historic Greek Revival-style church located in Peekskill, New York, United States. It was built in 1846 and was twice the size of the original sanctuary which the congregation, dating to 1799 but formally incorporated in 1826, had outgrown.
1.5 miNE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Anthony's Nose, Cortlandt
38 min walk • Anthony's Nose is a 900+ ft peak in the Hudson Highlands along the east bank of the Hudson River in the hamlet of Cortlandt Manor, New York.
3.4 miE
Museum
Lincoln Depot Museum, Peekskill
88 min walk • The Lincoln Depot Museum is located at 41 South Water Street in Peekskill, New York inside the Peekskill Freight Depot. The Museum is managed by the Lincoln Depot Foundation, whose mission is to preserve the history of the connection between Abraham Lincoln and Peekskill.

Bear Mountain, Bear Mountain State Park

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Bear Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)