Mount Tremper
| Mount Tremper | |
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| Timothyberg, Tremper Mountain | |
Mount Tremper from Route 28 to southeast
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,740 ft (840 m) |
| Prominence | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Coordinates | 42°4′27″N 74°16′39″W / 42.07417°N 74.27750°WCoordinates: 42°4′27″N 74°16′39″W / 42.07417°N 74.27750°W |
| Geography | |
 Mount Tremper
Location of Mount Tremper within New York
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| Location |
Shandaken, New York, United States |
| Parent range | Catskills |
| Topo map | Phoenicia |
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| Easiest route | Trail/road |
Mount Tremper, officially known as Tremper Mountain and originally called Timothyberg, is one of the Catskill Mountains in the U.S. state of New York. It is located near the hamlet of Phoenicia, in the valley of Esopus Creek.
At 2,740 feet (840 m) in elevation, it is well below the higher peaks of the region. Its slopes were a source of two major local products during the 19th century: hemlock bark, a source of tannin, and bluestone used in construction. Later it was the site of Tremper House, one of the Catskills' earliest railroad resorts. Henry Ward Beecher and Oscar Wilde were among the guests there.
In the 20th century it was acquired by the state and became part of the Catskill Park Forest Preserve. Its location in the Esopus Valley between the northern and southern Catskills made it an ideal place for a fire lookout tower, which still stands on the mountain's summit. The Mount Tremper Fire Observation Station has been restored and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Hikers often follow the old road to it from Phoenicia, also a section of the Long Path long-distance trail, to enjoy the views from the tower.
Tremper is a sprawling mountain at the south end of a range of low-elevation peaks between Warners Creek and Silver Hollow on the north, Stony Clove Creek on the west, Esopus Creek on the southwest and the Beaver Kill on the southeast. The latter three are closely paralleled by state highways 214, 28 and 212. Its summit dominates the view from westbound Route 28 at the small hamlet of Mount Tremper.
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