High_Tor_State_Park
High Tor State Park
State park in Rockland County, New York, United States
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]
| High Tor State Park | |
|---|---|
View from atop High Tor Mountain with the Village of Haverstraw, the Hudson River, and Westchester County in the distance. | |
| Type | State park |
| Location | 415 South Mountain Road New City, New York[1] |
| Nearest city | Haverstraw, New York |
| Coordinates | 41°11′16″N 73°59′20″W |
| Area | 691 acres (2.80 km2)[2] |
| Created | 1943 (1943)[3] |
| Operated by | |
| Visitors | 21,524 (in 2014)[4] |
| Website | High Tor State Park |
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]
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]
- High Tor, a 1936 play by Maxwell Anderson that focuses on the summit within the park
- List of New York state parks
- "High Tor State Park - Getting There". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- "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.
- "High Tor State Park, NY". Palisades Parks Conservancy. Archived from the original on February 16, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- "High Tor State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- 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.
- "High Tor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- "High Tor State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- "Little Tor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 3, 2015.