Bearfort Mountain | |
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Bearfort Ridge | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Bearfort Mountain |
Elevation | 1,479 ft (451 m) |
Coordinates | 41°8′14″N 74°23′52″W / 41.13722°N 74.39778°W |
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, [1] is a mountain ridge located near Wawayanda State Park in West Milford, Passaic County, New Jersey. [2] It is a continuation of Bellvale Mountain in New York. The Appalachian Trail crosses along the ridge into New York. [3] Puddingstone of the Skunnemunk Conglomerate is visible along the ridge. [4]
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. [5] [6]
The mountain was depicted in an 1850 painting by Jasper Francis Cropsey, an American landscape artist of the Hudson River School. [7]