Mount Peter (New York)

Mount Peter
View of the Warwick Valley from Mount Peter hawk watch
Highest point
Elevation1,250 ft (380 m)[1]
Coordinates41°14′29″N 74°17′26″W / 41.24139°N 74.29056°W / 41.24139; -74.29056[2]
Geography
Map
LocationBellvale Mountain, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, U.S.
Parent rangeNew York – New Jersey Highlands
Topo mapUSGS Greenwood Lake
Geology
Rock ageDevonian

Mount Peter is a 1,250-foot (380 m) mountain located in the New York – New Jersey Highlands, Bellvale Mountain, in the U.S. state of New York.[3] The peak is located along the Appalachian Trail in the Town of Warwick, just south of New York State Route 17A, 38 miles (61 km) northwest of New York City, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Bellvale, New York and north northwest of Greenwood Lake, New York.

The mountain is named after an early pioneer to the area, Peter Conklin.[4] A hawkwatch tower occupies a summit just north of Mount Peter;[5] below the tower the Bellvale Farms Creamery serves hikers and passing motorists.[6] A small ski area occupies the northward-facing slope of the mountain.[7]

  1. ^ "Mount Peter, New York". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  2. ^ "Mount Peter". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  3. ^ "Greenwood Lake, New York Topo Map" (Map). TopoQuest. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  4. ^ Lillard, David (2002). Appalachian Trail names: origins of place names along the AT. Stackpole Books. p. 83. ISBN 9780811726726.
  5. ^ Drennan, Susan Roney (1981). Where to find birds in New York State: the top 500 sites. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. p. 473. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  6. ^ "Bellvale Farms Creamery". Bellvale Farms website. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  7. ^ "Mount Peter – About Us". Mount Peter website. Archived from the original on March 3, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2011.