Sports & Outdoors
Bear Mountain State Park
Under $25A Hudson River state park in the Hudson Highlands with a zoo and museum, a hilltop tower with wide views, and ruins from the Revolutionary War.
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Sightseeing
Fort Montgomery State Historic Site
A New York State historic site preserving ruins of a 1777 Revolutionary War fort on a Hudson River cliff.
690 Route 9W, Fort Montgomery, NY 10922 · Fort Montgomery, NY
About Fort Montgomery State Historic Site
This state-run site protects the remains of a Revolutionary War fort that guarded the Hudson River. Its roughly 14-acre fortification sits on a cliff with wide river views. Archaeologists have uncovered foundations of barracks, a gunpowder magazine, and worn redoubt walls. A museum displays original artifacts, weapons, models of the fort and the attack, and figures posed in battle. Living history demonstrations of artillery, musketry, music, and camp life take place at the site, and reproduction cannons sit on the Grand Battery overlooking the river.
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