High Tor State Park

High Tor State Park
View from atop High Tor Mountain with the Village of Haverstraw, the Hudson River, and Westchester County in the distance.
High Tor State Park is located in New York
High Tor State Park
Location of High Tor State Park within New York State
High Tor State Park is located in the United States
High Tor State Park
High Tor State Park (the United States)
TypeState park
Location415 South Mountain Road
New City, New York[1]
Nearest cityHaverstraw, New York
Coordinates41°11′16″N 73°59′20″W / 41.1877°N 73.989°W / 41.1877; -73.989
Area691 acres (2.80 km2)[2]
Created1943 (1943)[3]
Operated by
Visitors21,524 (in 2014)[4]
WebsiteHigh Tor State Park

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]

  1. ^ "High Tor State Park - Getting There". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference PPC_HT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  5. ^ "High Tor State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "High Tor". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 3, 2015.