Photo: Mwanner at English Wikipedia, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The park offers a large field, picnic tables, lake and river fishing access, swimming pool, zoo, hiking, and biking. An outdoor ice rink is open from late October till early March. Open year round.
Bear Mountain State Park is a 5,205-acre (21.06 km2) state park located on the west bank of the Hudson River in Rockland and Orange counties, New York. The park offers biking, hiking, boating, picnicking, swimming, cross-country skiing, cross-country running, sledding and ice skating. It also includes several facilities such as the Perkins Memorial Tower, the Trailside Museum and Zoo, the Bear Mountain Inn, a merry-go-round, a pool, and a skating rink. It also hosts the Bear Mountain Circle, where the historic Palisades Interstate Parkway and Bear Mountain Bridge meet. It is managed by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, which is overseen by the State of New York.
© OpenStreetMap contributors
Museum, guided tours, musket demonstrations and other special events. In July 1779 American General "Mad" Anthony Wayne took these fortifications from the British in a daring midnight raid.
Oldest lighthouse on the Hudson river, at end of Stony Point Battlefield. Open to visitors whenever Battlefield site is in operation. Tour of the lighthouse are available on weekends.
Offers over 31 lakes, 3 beaches, hiking trails, camping areas, scenic roads, a recreation area, and boat launch sites.