Bearfort Mountain facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Bearfort Mountain |
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| Bearfort Ridge | |
Bearfort Mountain (left), Bellvale Mountain (right)
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Bearfort Mountain |
| Elevation | 1,479 ft (451 m) |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Devonian |
| Type of rock | Skunnemunk Conglomerate |
Bearfort Mountain, historically known as Bear Ford Mountain, is a mountain ridge located near Wawayanda State Park 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
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