| Bearfort Mountain | |
|---|---|
| Bearfort Ridge | |
 Bearfort Mountain (left), Bellvale Mountain (right) | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Bearfort Mountain |
| Elevation | 1,460 feet (445 m) |
| Coordinates | 41°08′22″N 74°23′29″W / 41.1395480°N 74.3914109°W / 41.1395480; -74.3914109 |
| Geography | |
| Location | Passaic County, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Devonian |
| Rock type | Skunnemunk Conglomerate |
Bearfort Mountain, historically known as Bear Ford Mountain, is a mountain ridge extending from Wawayanda State Park northward through Abram S. Hewitt State Forest in West Milford, Passaic County, New Jersey. It is a continuation of Bellvale Mountain in New York. The Appalachian Trail crosses along the ridge into New York. Puddingstone of the Skunnemunk Conglomerate is visible along the ridge.
At an elevation of 1,331 feet (406 m) the ridge is the site of a 68 feet (21 m) high fire lookout tower built by the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.
The mountain was depicted in an 1850 painting by Jasper Francis Cropsey, an American landscape artist of the Hudson River School.
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Bearfort Ridge Fire Tower
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Bareford Mountains, West Milford, New Jersey by Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1850
See also
References
- ^ "Bearfort Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- ^ "Bearfort Mountain, New Jersey". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- "State Line Trail/Ernest Walter Trail/A.T. Loop from Greenwood Lake Marina". New York–New Jersey Trail Conference.
- "Bearfort Mountain". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- National Historic Lookout Register, Bearfort Fire Tower US 244, NJ 6 Archived 2015-09-30 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- New Jersey Forest Fire Service, "Wildfire Suppression: Division A Fire Towers". Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- "Bareford Mountains, West Milford, New Jersey". Brooklyn Museum.
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