High Tor State Park

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High Tor State Park
Haverstraw Village from High Tor State Park.jpg
View from atop High Tor Mountain with the Village of Haverstraw, the Hudson River, and Westchester County in the distance.
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Location of High Tor State Park within New York State
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High Tor State Park (the United States)
Type State park
Location415 South Mountain Road
New City, New York [1]
Nearest city Haverstraw, New York
Coordinates 41°11′16″N73°59′20″W / 41.1877°N 73.989°W / 41.1877; -73.989
Area691 acres (2.80 km2) [2]
Created1943 (1943) [3]
Operated by
Visitors21,524(in 2014) [4]
Website High Tor State Park

High Tor State Park is a 691-acre (2.80 km2) state park [2] on the north edge of the Town of Clarkstown in Rockland County, New York, United States. [5] The park is located on South Mountain, which has two peaks, High Tor and Little Tor. [6] Its highest peak, High Tor, is 797 feet (243 m) high. [7]

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Park description

High Tor State Park is intended for day use during the summer months, and contains picnic tables, a pool and showers, hiking trails, and a food concession. The Long Path passes through the park. [8]

An early photograph from across the Hudson River looking toward the Village of Haverstraw and the High Tor and Little Tor peaks. View from Bowline Pond Toward High Tor.jpg
An early photograph from across the Hudson River looking toward the Village of Haverstraw and the High Tor and Little Tor peaks.

The park contains two peaks: High Tor at 797 feet (243 m), [7] and Little Tor at 620 feet (190 m). [9] They are the highest peaks in not only the park, but in all of the Hudson Palisades.[ citation needed ] The skylines of New York City, Jersey City and Newark are visible to hikers on both peaks. [3]

High Tor was used as a signal point during the American Revolution for the colonists, [3] and was used as an air raid watch during World War II. Famous composer Kurt Weill worked as an air raid warden there.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "High Tor State Park - Getting There". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9". 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook (PDF). The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. p. 672. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "High Tor State Park, NY". Palisades Parks Conservancy. Archived from the original on February 16, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ "High Tor State Park". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  6. ↑ Green, Stella; Zimmerman, H. Neil (2008). "The Tors, High and Low". Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in the Lower Hudson Valley: Hikes and Walks from Westchester County to Albany (2nd ed.). The Countryman Press. pp. 107–110. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  7. 1 2 "High Tor". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  8. ↑ "High Tor State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Little Tor". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved November 3, 2015.
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