the Perkins Memorial Tower on top of Bear Mountain
It includes the 400 m high Bear Mountain with on
its top the Perkins Memorial Tower from where you can see Manhattan.
Its strategic location at the Hudson
River triggered military action in the American Revolution at Fort Montgomery and Stony Point.
It was also here
that the first segment of the 3500 km long
Appalachian Trail was opened in 1923.
You can hike, bike, fish, boat or swim
and in wintertime there are ski trails and even an ice rink for skating. And for the kids there is a nostalgic merry-go-round.
But
you can also install yourself on a high ridge and just enjoy the landscape. That is what we did on a gorgeous day in February
2000 when Mother nature was out in full color.
Unfortunately I only carried a cheap camera and that shows.
the Bear Mountain Bridge lights up in the sunshine. Upon completion in 1924 it was the worlds longest suspension bridege
