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Bear Mountain (Hudson Highlands)

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298: 115: 122: 29: 276:. The eastern side of the mountain consists of a pile of massive boulders, often the size of houses, that culminate in a 50-foot (15 m) cliff face at approximately the 1,000-foot (300 m) level. A direct scramble from the shore of Hessian Lake to Perkins Memorial Drive on the summit requires a gain of about 1,000 feet (300 m) in roughly 0.8 miles (1.3 km). From the summit, one can see as far as 350:
on the mountain. It was taken down seven years later to make room to build the Perkins Memorial Tower which was erected in honor of George W. Perkins Sr., who was the first president of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. The memorial tower was a gift of Perkins's widow and their son. The tower
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to minimize erosion and improve accessibility and sustainability as part of a project to rebuild and realign the trail that began in 2006. The Trailside Museum and Zoo located at the base of Bear Mountain is the lowest point on the Appalachian Trail (124 feet above sea level).
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was used as a weather station and fire lookout until 1953. In 1990, the Perkins family agreed to donate $ 650,000 over a six-year period to maintain the tower. The tower was later completely renovated and re-opened to the public.
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Bear Mountain was once the premier ski jumping site in the United States. Because of its reputation as a ski jumping location, Bear Mountain was considered as a possible site for the
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camp at Hessian Lake on the eastern edge of Bear Mountain. It is possible the illness was related to exposure at the camp.
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Bear Mountain was historically known as "Bear Hill" and "Bread Tray Mountain".
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developed in the summer of 1921, two weeks after he visited a
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http://www.nynjtc.org/park/harriman-bear-mountain-state-park
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Baseball Goes to War, by William B. Mead, 1985, pg. 74,
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The steep eastern face of the mountain overlooks the
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trails as well, including the oldest section of the
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Elevation
Prominence
Coordinates
41°18′46″N 74°00′23″W / 41.31278°N 74.00639°W / 41.31278; -74.00639
Bear Mountain is located in New York
New York State
Orange County, New York
U.S.
Parent range
Hudson Highlands
Topo map
USGS
Easiest route
New York
Hudson Highlands
Orange County
Highlands
Rockland County
Stony Point
Bear Mountain Bridge
Bear Mountain State Park
paved
picnic
observatory
hiking
Appalachian Trail
New York–New Jersey Trail Conference
Hudson River
Manhattan

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