Anthony's Nose (Westchester)
| Anthony's Nose | |
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View from Hudson River with Bear Mountain Bridge in foreground
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 900 + ft (270 m) |
| Prominence | 360 ft (110 m) |
| Coordinates | 41°19′06″N 73°58′29″W / 41.31842°N 73.97468°WCoordinates: 41°19′06″N 73°58′29″W / 41.31842°N 73.97468°W |
| Geography | |
 Anthony's Nose
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| Parent range | Hudson Highlands |
| Topo map | USGS Peekskill |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Trail Hike |
Anthony's Nose is a peak along the Hudson River at the north end of Westchester County, New York.
Anthony's Nose, together with Dunderberg Mountain, comprises the South Gate of the Hudson Highlands. It forms a ridge running northeast and southwest, being separated from Canada Hill to the northeast by Copper Mine Brook and the "South Mountain Pass", and being bordered on the southwest by the Hudson. The Hudson makes a turn around the southwestern tip, so that the northwestern side also slopes down to salt marshes along the river. On the southeastern side are Mine Mountain and, across Broccy Creek, Manitou Mountain. Most of this land is part of Camp Smith, a New York National Guard reservation.
US 6/202 crosses the Hudson on the Bear Mountain Bridge to the western tip of the mountain, where it meets NY 9D. 9D runs northeast along the northwestern flank of the mountain to Garrison, New York, while 202/6 runs southeast, hugging the cliffs, towards Peekskill. The main line of the New York Central Railroad, now Metro-North's Hudson Line, runs along the mountain and passes under the western tip and the Bear Mountain Bridge through a tunnel bearing the peak's name.
The peak has been known as Anthony's Nose since at least 1697, when the name appears on a grant patent. The eponymous Anthony may be St Anthony, as a rock formation called "Saint Anthony's Face" existed on Breakneck Ridge nearby before its destruction by quarrying.
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