*** Welcome to piglix ***

Bear Mountain State Park

Bear Mountain State Park
View from Bear Mountain overlooking Hudson River.jpg
View of the Hudson River from Bear Mountain
Map showing the location of Bear Mountain State Park
Map showing the location of Bear Mountain State Park
Location of Bear Mountain State Park in New York State
Location Rockland County, New York, USA
Nearest city Stony Point, New York
Coordinates 41°18′46″N 74°00′21″W / 41.31278°N 74.00583°W / 41.31278; -74.00583Coordinates: 41°18′46″N 74°00′21″W / 41.31278°N 74.00583°W / 41.31278; -74.00583
Area 5,205 acres (21.06 km2)
Established 1913
Visitors 1,894,373 (in 2014)
Governing body Palisades Interstate Park Commission

Bear Mountain State Park is a 5,205-acre (21.06 km2) state park located on the west side of the Hudson River in Rockland County, New York. 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 Perkins Memorial Tower, the Trailside Museum and Zoo, the Bear Mountain Inn, a merry-go-round, pool, and a skating rink. It is managed by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission.

The park includes Bear Mountain as well as Dunderberg Mountain and West Mountain. Fort Montgomery is adjacent to the north edge of the park while Iona Island Bird Sanctuary is on the eastern edge in the Hudson River. The park is a separate entity from the adjacent Harriman State Park which runs along the western edge of the park. It lies within the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion.

During the American Revolution, when control of the Hudson River was viewed by the British as essential to dominating the American territories, the area that was to become the park saw several significant military engagements. In 1777 British troops routed Patriots at Fort Montgomery. Anthony Wayne's attack of the British fort at Stony Point moved colonial troops to the west of Bear Mountain.


...
Wikipedia

...