Question: Hunter Mountain is the second highest peak in the Catskills, in the south east area of which U.S. State?

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Hunter Mountain Fire Tower: The Hunter Mountain Fire Tower is located on the summit of the eponymous mountain, second highest of the Catskill Mountains in the U.S. state of New York.  It was the first of 23 fire lookout towers built by the state in the region, and the next-to-last of the five still standing to be abandoned.

Rongme Ngatra: Rongme Ngatra is the highest peak of the Chola Mountains in the Kham region of western Sichuan, China.  The peak's name in Mandarin Chinese is Que Er Shan () also the same name as the entire range, which has led to some translations of the mountain peak to Chola Mountain.  At 6,168 m , the mountain is the highest peak in the Chola Mountains, as well as the second highest in the greater Shaluli Mountains after Ge'nyen.  The mountain peak is flanked by glaciers to the north and east.  The north glacier terminates at 4,100 m above sea level, just above the nearby lake Yihun Lhatso.  Rongme Ngatra can be accessed from the town of Manigango in Dege County, Garze Prefecture.

Huachuca Mountains: The Huachuca Mountain range is part of the Sierra Vista Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest.  The Huachuca Mountains are located in Cochise County, Arizona approximately 70 mi south-southeast of Tucson and southwest of the city of Sierra Vista, Arizona.  Included in this area is the highest peak in the Huachucas, Miller Peak, and the region of the Huachucas known as Canelo Hills in eastern Santa Cruz County.  The mountains range in elevation from 3934 ft at the base to 9466 ft at the top of Miller Peak.  The second highest peak in this range is Carr Peak, elevation 9200 ft .  The Huachuca Mountain area is owned principally by the USDA Forest Service (Coronado National Forest) (41%), the U.S. Army (Fort Huachuca) (20%), and private land (32%).  Sierra Vista is the main population center (41,908 inhabitants as of 2005 Census).

Mount Ireland: Mount Ireland is a mountain in Grant County of the U.S. state of Oregon.  It is about 5 mi east-northeast of Granite, Oregon.  It is the second highest peak in the Blue Mountains at 8,325 ft after Strawberry Mountain, and Oregon's 71st highest peak.  For a period of several years, this mountain peak was referred to as Bald Mountain but in 1975, it was changed to Ireland Mountain before formally becoming known as Mount Ireland.  The name change was brought about by a cooperative effort of local citizens and the US Forest Service to honor Henry Ireland, a forest supervisor for many years, who had died in 1916.

Catskill Mountains: The Catskill Mountains, also known as the Catskills, are a large area in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York.  They are located approximately 100 mi north-northwest of New York City and 40 mi southwest of Albany, starting just west of the Hudson River.  The Catskills occupy much or all of five counties (Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster), with some areas falling into the boundaries of southwestern Albany, eastern Broome, northwestern Orange, and southern Otsego counties.  Foothills are also found in southeastern Chenango, southern Montgomery, northern Otsego, and western Schenectady counties.  As a cultural and geographic region, the Catskills are generally defined as those areas close to or within the borders of the Catskill Park, a 700000 acre forest preserve protected from many forms of development under New York state law.

Thompson Peak (California): Thompson Peak is a mountain (a high point on a tall granite ridge) in Trinity County, California.  It is the highest peak in the Trinity Alps Wilderness.  It is the highest point in a ridge that also features Wedding Cake, another well-known Trinity Alps peak.  Thompson Peak is the highest Peak in the Trinity Alps Wilderness, a vast assemblage of craggy granite mountains in northwestern California (Trinity Alps Wilderness is the seventh largest designated wilderness area in California).  Thompson Peak is the second highest mountain in Northern California west of the Cascades, after 9027 foot; Mount Eddy.

Esopus Creek: Esopus Creek is a 65.4 mi tributary of the Hudson River that drains the east-central Catskill Mountains of the U.S. state of New York.  From its source at Winnisook Lake on the slopes of Slide Mountain, the Catskills' highest peak, it flows across Ulster County to the Hudson at Saugerties.  Many tributaries extend its watershed into neighboring Greene County and a small portion of Delaware County.  Midway along its length, it is impounded at Olive Bridge to create Ashokan Reservoir, the first of several built in the Catskills as part of New York City's water supply system.  Its own flow is supplemented 13 mi above the reservoir by the Shandaken Tunnel, which carries water from the city's Schoharie Reservoir into the creek.

Stølsdalsnutane: Stølsdalsnutane or Støylsdalsnutene is a mountain on the border of Aust-Agder and Telemark counties in southern Norway.  The 1438 m tall mountain actually has 3 peaks, all three are just slightly over the border inside Bykle municipality in Aust-Agder, but much of the mountain lies in neighboring Tokke municipality in Telemark.  The highest peak, known as "Nordvestre Stølsdalsnuten", is the 7th highest peak in Aust-Agder.  The second highest of the three peaks, called "Nordre Stølsdalsknuten" is the 9th highest peak in the county at 1424 m , and the third peak, known as "Sørvestre Stølsdalsknuten", is the 10th highest peak in the county at 1420 m .

WRIP: WRIP "(RIP 97.9)" is an Adult Contemporary station licensed to Windham, New York, serving the northern Catskill Mountains region and the Capital District of New York State.  The station is locally owned and operated by Rip Radio LLC.  WRIP broadcasts with 580 watts effective radiated power from atop Windham Mountain on Cave Mountain in Windham, 3,085 feet above sea level.  A booster station atop nearby Hunter Mountain serves the Hunter, NY-Tannersville area.  The station provides music, news, and weather information for residents and travelers in the Great Northern Catskills area, a popular skiing and vacation destination.  The station also simulcasts at 97.5 MHz from Durham, New York and is carried on 104.5 MHz serving the greater Stamford, NY area from atop the town's Mount Utsayantha.  As of 2015, the station was also heard on 103.7 FM, serving the greater Catskill and Hudson (NY) area.

Hunter Mountain (New York): Hunter Mountain is in the towns of Hunter and Lexington, just south of the village of Hunter, in Greene County, New York, United States.  At approximately 4040 ft in elevation, it is the highest peak in the county and the second-highest peak in the Catskill Mountains.

Supporting paragraphs: Hunter Mountain Fire Tower Catskill Mountains
Answer: New York