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Bear Mountain Carousel at Bear Mountain Park		845-786-2701
	Click to enlarge photo of Bear Mountain Merry-Go-Round (Bear Mountain Carousel) Merry-Go-Round Pavilion at Bear Mountain State Park Among the many wonderful activities and attractions available in Bear Mountain State Park is the Bear Mountain Merry-Go-Round Pavilion. The Merry-Go-Round Pavilion provides a special attraction for children of all ages. Children love riding the carousel while adults marvel at this unique attraction. Things To Do at Bear Mountain Park website and more . . .
Popolopen Suspension Footbridge
	Click to enlarge photo of Popolopen Suspension Footbridge. Popolopen Creek Popolopen Creek is a stream, mostly fed by Lake Popolopen, Stillwell Lake, and Weyant's Pond, that drains into the Hudson River. In 2002, New York's Governor George Pataki, dedicated a long suspension footbridge that spans Popolopen Creek. The footbridge connects the trail between the twin forts of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton, carrying the Appalachian Trail across Popolopen Creek. more . . .

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Appalachian Trail in Bear Mountain - Rockland County

The Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, designated a linear National Park by the 1968 National Trails System Act, is a continuous, marked public footpath extending approximately 2,144 miles from Mount Katahdin, Maine to Springer Mountain, Georgia along the Appalachian Mountain range.

Click to enlarge photo of Appalachian Trail Sign.

The sign reads:
"APPALACHIAN TRAIL
Footpath for Hikers
2100 Miles Georgia-Maine
Maintained by Volunteers
NY - NJ Trail Conference"

Note: Look for this sign on the Rockland side of the Bear Mountain Bridge tollbooths.

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American Revolution - Stony Point Battlefield "State Historic Site"		845-786-2521
	Battles of the American Revolution Battle of Stony Point Date: July 16th, 1779 Between: British against the American Continental Army Location: 44 Battlefield Road, Stony Point, NY 10980, Rockland County Click to enlarge entrance sign to Stony Point Battlefield. The sign reads: "The location of the American Light Infantry's midnight assault against a British garrison in 1779, and the oldest lighthouse on the Hudson River, built in 1826." photos, website and more . . .
Stony Point Lighthouse "Historic Site"		914-786-2521
	Click to enlarge photo of the Stony Point Lighthouse. The Stony Point lighthouse is located at the Stony Point Battlefield at 44 Battlefield Road, Stony Point, NY 10980 in Rockland County. In 1995, the Stony Point lighthouse was restored, relighted, and re-opened to the public for the first time since 1925; when it was decommissioned after having served for nearly one hundred years. "The Stony Point Lighthouse, built in 1826, is the oldest lighthouse on the Hudson River. De-commissioned in 1925, it now stands as a historical reminder of the importance of lighthouses to commerce on the Hudson River. The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 unleashed a surge of commercial navigation along the Hudson River, by linking New York city to America's heartland. Within a year, the first of the Hudson's fourteen lights shone at Stony Point and others soon followed, designed to safely guide maritime travel along the river. Many light keepers, including several remarkable women such as Nancy and Melinda Rose at Stony Point, made their homes in the lighthouse complexes, and ensured that these important navigational signals never failed to shine." photos, website and more . . .

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Suffern Railroad Museum

845-357-2600

The Suffern Railroad Museum is located at Erie Plaza - Commuter Parking Lot A (off Orange Ave.), Suffern, NY 10901 in Rockland County.

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"The Suffern Railroad Museum was organized in 1998 as a way to showcase the rich history Suffern had forged with the Erie Railroad. Housed in the former Wells Fargo Express Building the Museum has become a depository for documents and objects that relate to the railroad and Hudson Valley.

"The NY and Erie Railroad operated the first train into Suffern in 1841. The train line went between Piermont on the Hudson River to Dunkirk on Lake Erie. It was completed in 1851 and at that time it was the longest railroad in the U.S. at 483 miles." Source: Suffern Train Museum.

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DeWint House "National Historic Site"		845-359-1359
	The DeWint House, a National Historic Site, and George Washington’s temporary Headquarters, is located at 20 Livingston Ave, Tappan, NY 10983 in Rockland County. From DeWint House: "Visit the DeWint House, George Washington’s temporary Headquarters at Tappan on four separate occasions during the American Revolutionary War. Known as the DeWint House, after the family who owned it during Washington’s visits, it is the oldest surviving structure in Rockland County, New York, and an outstanding example of Colonial Dutch architecture in the Hudson Valley. website and more . . .


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Rockland County Historic Sites for Kids
Directory list of Historic Sites for Kids in Rockland County, NY.

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