page_title: Hudson Highlands
section_title: Mountains of the Hudson Highlands
hierarchical_section_title: Hudson Highlands / Mountains of the Hudson Highlands
caption_attribution_description: English: Eastern prickly pear (Opuntia humifusa) growing wild atop Sugarloaf Hill (Putnam County, New York), USA.
context_page_description: The Hudson Highlands are mountains on both sides of the Hudson River in New York state lying primarily in Putnam County on its east bank and Orange County on its west. They continue somewhat to the south in Westchester County and Rockland County, respectively.
  North to south they fall between Newburgh Bay and Haverstraw Bay, the latter forming the northern region of the New York - New Jersey Highlands.
  The Hudson River enters this region in the south at Dunderberg Mountain near Stony Point, and from the north in the vicinity of Breakneck Ridge and Storm King Mountain near Cornwall, New York. These highlands played a significant role in America's military, cultural and environmental history.
context_section_description: East (north to south)
  Sour Mountain
  Beacon Mountain (North and South)
  Scofield Ridge
  Sugarloaf Mountain
  Breakneck Ridge
  Bull Hill aka Mt. Taurus
  South Redoubt and North Redoubt aka Fort Hill
  Bald Hill
  Lamb's Hill
  Lamb's Hill West
  Sunset Point
  Sugarloaf Hill
  Sugarloaf Mountain
  White Rock
  Canada Hill
  Shenendoah Mountain
  Anthony's Nose
  West (north to south)
  Storm King Mountain
  Black Rock
  Crow's Nest
  Popolopen Torne
  Bear Mountain
  West Mountain
  Bald Mountain
  Spy Rock
  Eagles Cliff
  Dunderberg Mountain
  Long Mountain
  Sutherland Ridge
  Stillman Hill
  Arthur Hill
  Chatfield Hill
  Buckberg
caption: Opuntia humifusa (Eastern prickly pear cactus) in bloom atop Sugarloaf Hill in the Hudson Highlands
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