High Tor State Park
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox park High Tor State Park is a Template:Convert state park<ref name=RIoG_ParkStats/> on the north edge of the Town of Clarkstown in Rockland County, New York, United States.<ref name="GNIS_HTSP">Template:Cite GNIS</ref> The park is located on South Mountain, which has two peaks, High Tor and Little Tor.<ref name=50Hikes>Template:Cite book</ref> Its highest peak, High Tor, is Template:Convert high.<ref name="GNIS_HT">Template:Cite GNIS</ref>
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.<ref name=NYSP_main>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The park contains two peaks: High Tor at Template:Convert,<ref name="GNIS_HT"/> and Little Tor at Template:Convert.<ref name="GNIS_LT">Template:Cite GNIS</ref> They are the highest peaks in not only the park, but in all of the Hudson Palisades.Template:Citation needed The skylines of New York City, Jersey City and Newark are visible to hikers on High Tor, as well as on Little Tor during the Fall and Winter months when there's less foliage.<ref name=PPC_HT>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
High Tor was used as a signal point during the American Revolution for the colonists,<ref name=PPC_HT/> and was used as an air raid watch during World War II. Famous composer Kurt Weill worked as an air raid warden there.Template:Citation needed
See also
- High Tor, a 1936 play by Maxwell Anderson that focuses on the summit within the park
- List of New York state parks
References
External links
- New York State Parks: High Tor State Park
- NY-NJTC: High Tor State Park
- Palisades Parks Conservancy: High Tor State Park
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