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{{short description|Mountain range in New Jersey and New York, United States}}
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[[Image:Ramapo Torne.jpg|thumb|300px|Ramapo Torne in [[Harriman State Park (New York)|Harriman State Park]], part of the Ramapo Mountains]]

The '''Ramapo Mountains''' are a forested [[mountain range|chain]] of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] in northeastern [[New Jersey]] and southeastern [[New York (state)|New York]], in the [[United States]]. They range in height from {{convert|900|to|1200|ft|m|sigfig=2}} in New Jersey, and {{convert|900|to|1400|ft|m|sigfig=2}} in New York.

Several parks and forest preserves encompass parts of the Ramapos (see [[Ramapo Mountains#Points of interest|Points of interest, below]]), and many hiking trails are in the Ramapos, including sections of the [[Appalachian Trail]], which is maintained and updated in the Ramapo Mountains by the [[New York–New Jersey Trail Conference]].

In New York, the mountains serve to divide [[Orange County, New York|Orange]] and [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland]] Counties.  The difficulty of crossing the mountains is what caused Rockland County to break away from Orange County in 1798.

The mountains are named after the [[Ramapo Fault]], which trends northeast to southwest, and separates the eastern [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] geologic province from the Highland province.

The Ramapos are composed of [[granite]], [[gneiss]], and [[marble]], as old as 1.3 billion years.

==Points of interest==
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* [[Arden (estate)|Arden]], the former E.H. Harriman estate built atop 1,300' Mt. Orana
* [[Bear Mountain State Park]]
* [[Doodletown, New York]]
* [[Harriman State Park (New York)|Harriman State Park]]
* Kakiat County Park
* [[Long Path]]
* [[Monksville Reservoir]]
* [[Ramapo Mountain State Forest]]
* [[Ramapo Valley County Reservation]]
* [[Ringwood Manor]]
* [[Ringwood State Park]]
* [[Skylands (estate)|New Jersey State Botanical Garden]]
* [[Sterling Forest State Park]]
* [[Kitty Ann Mountain|Kitty Ann Mountain, New Jersey]]
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==Flora and fauna==
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* Many types of plants, including [[oak trees]], cover the mountains.
* Diverse wildlife, including [[white-tailed deer]] and [[pheasants]], inhabit the Ramapo Mountains.

== In art ==
* ''[[Out of the Furnace]]''

==See also==
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* [[List of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains]]
* [[Ramapo Valley County Reservation]]
* [[Ramapo Mountain State Forest]]
* [[Ramapo River]]
* [[Ramapough Mountain Indians]]
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==External links==
* [http://www.harrimanhikers.org Harriman Hikers]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051110145254/http://www.nynjtc.org/trails/record/20050114.html New York New Jersey Trail Conference]
* [https://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nyc/index.html U.S. Geological Survey]

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[[Category:Palisades Interstate Park system]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of New Jersey]]
[[Category:Ramapos| ]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of New York (state)]]
[[Category:Landforms of Orange County, New York]]
[[Category:Landforms of Rockland County, New York]]
[[Category:Landforms of Bergen County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Landforms of Passaic County, New Jersey]]


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