High Tor State Park

{{Short description|State park in Rockland County, New York, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox park

| name = High Tor State Park

| photo = Haverstraw Village from High Tor State Park.jpg

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| photo_caption = View from atop High Tor Mountain with the Village of Haverstraw, the Hudson River, and Westchester County in the distance.

| map = New York#USA

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| map_caption = Location of High Tor State Park within New York State

| coords = {{Coord|41.1877|-73.989|type:landmark_region:US-NY|format=dms|display=title,inline}}

| type = State park

| location = 415 South Mountain Road
New City, New York{{cite web |url=http://parks.ny.gov/parks/78/getting-there.aspx |title=High Tor State Park - Getting There |publisher=NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation |access-date=November 3, 2015}}

| nearest_city = Haverstraw, New York

| area = {{convert|691|acre|km2}}{{cite book |title=2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook |url=http://www.rockinst.org/nys_statistics/2014/2014_Yearbook_Section_O.pdf |publisher=The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government |year=2014 |chapter=Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9 |page=672 |access-date=February 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916082616/http://www.rockinst.org/nys_statistics/2014/2014_Yearbook_Section_O.pdf |archive-date=September 16, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

| created = {{Start date|1943}}

| operator = {{bulleted list|Palisades Interstate Park Commission|New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation}}

| visitation_num = 21,524

| visitation_year = 2014

| visitation_ref = {{cite web |url=https://data.ny.gov/Recreation/State-Park-Annual-Attendance-Figures-by-Facility-B/8f3n-xj78 |title=State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003 |website=Data.ny.gov |access-date=November 3, 2015}}

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| website = [http://parks.ny.gov/parks/78/details.aspx High Tor State Park]

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High Tor State Park is a {{convert|691|acre|km2|adj=on}} state park on the north edge of the Town of Clarkstown in Rockland County, New York, United States.{{cite GNIS|952767|High Tor State Park|November 3, 2015}} The park is located on South Mountain, which has two peaks, High Tor and Little Tor.{{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Stella |last2=Zimmerman |first2=H. Neil |title=Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in the Lower Hudson Valley: Hikes and Walks from Westchester County to Albany |date=2008 |publisher=The Countryman Press|pages=107–110 |edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KCUQORZBHwUC&pg=PA107 |access-date=November 3, 2015|chapter=The Tors, High and Low}} Its highest peak, High Tor, is {{convert|797|ft|m}} high.{{cite GNIS|952766|High Tor|November 3, 2015}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://parks.ny.gov/parks/78/details.aspx |title=High Tor State Park |publisher=NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation |access-date=November 3, 2015}}

File:View from Bowline Pond Toward High Tor.jpg

The park contains two peaks: High Tor at {{convert|797|ft|m}}, and Little Tor at {{convert|620|ft|m}}.{{cite GNIS|955713|Little Tor|November 3, 2015}} They are the highest peaks in not only the park, but in all of the Hudson Palisades.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://palisadesparksconservancy.org/park_detail.php?park_id=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216124641/https://www.palisadesparksconservancy.org/park_detail.php?park_id=8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2018 |title=High Tor State Park, NY |website=Palisades Parks Conservancy |access-date=November 3, 2015 }}

High Tor was used as a signal point during the American Revolution for the colonists, and was used as an air raid watch during World War II. Famous composer Kurt Weill worked as an air raid warden there.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

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