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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 1932 Winter Olympics, which were held in Lake Placid, New York. The ski jump run has not been used in decades, and its stone steps built into the eastern side of ...
Bear Mountain State Park is a 5,205-acre (21.06 km 2) state park located on the west bank of the Hudson River in Rockland and Orange counties, New York. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] The park offers biking, hiking, boating, picnicking, swimming, cross-country skiing , cross-country running, sledding and ice skating.
Bearfort Mountain, historically known as Bear Ford Mountain, [1] is a mountain ridge extending from Wawayanda State Park northward through Abram S. Hewitt State Forest in West Milford, Passaic County, New Jersey. [2] It is a continuation of Bellvale Mountain in New York. The Appalachian Trail crosses along the ridge into New York. [3]
The Watchung Mountains are a group of three long low ridges of volcanic origin, between 400 and 500 feet (120 and 150 m) high, lying parallel to each other in northern New Jersey in the United States. The name is derived from the American Native Lenape name for them, Wach Unks (High Hills).
A photo, taken by the construction crew of the Bear Mountain Bridge, was recreated almost 100 years after its opening.
The Bear Mountain Bridge, ceremonially named the Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge, [4] is a toll suspension bridge in New York State. It carries US 6 and US 202 across the Hudson River between Bear Mountain State Park in Orange County [ 5 ] and Cortlandt in Westchester County .
Campgaw Mountain: Mahwah: New Jersey: 726 450 276 23 12 5 45 September 28, 2019 [100] Mountain Creek: Vernon: New Jersey: 1,490 450 1,040 167 46 9 65 September 28, 2019 [101] Cockaigne Resort: Cherry Creek: New York: 2.022 1,592 430 100 11 3 175 Big Rock: Presque Isle: Maine: 1,590 670 920 60 27 3 100 September 29, 2019 [102] Big Moose Mountain ...
Work was begun in the area near Highland Lake (renamed Hessian Lake) and in January 1909, the state purchased the 740-acre (3.0 km 2) Bear Mountain tract. Conservationists, inspired by the work of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission , lobbied successfully for the creation of the Highlands of the Hudson Forest Preserve.