Bull Hill
Bull Hill rises to 433 m in New York. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the north-northeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Northgate Farm, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
Views north & west. Views of Breakneck Ridge, Stewart Airport, Newburgh Beacon Bringe and north to Shawangunks
The story
Bull Hill, also known as Mount Taurus, is a mountain north of the village of Cold Spring on the Hudson River in Putnam County in the State of New York. It is part of the river-straddling range known as the Hudson Highlands. The original name came after a bull that used to terrorize the mountain was chased by indignant inhabitants. A hunting party drove the bull over the hill. In an attempt to flee the mountaineers, the bull plunged out into space and fell down. Its broken and shapeless mass on the rocks was memorialized in the name of the mountain the bull used to haunt. While not as well known as neighboring Breakneck Ridge or Storm King Mountain across the river, it too is part of Hudson Highlands State Park and has an extensive trail system and offers hikers sweeping views of the river and neighboring peaks from rock outcrops near its wooded 1,420-foot (433 m) summit, higher than both neighbors.
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Wikidata Q4996571, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 433 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 27.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.1 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawkwatch · 24 mi
- High Exposure · 24 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 25 mi
- Artist's Rock · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blacktop: 1.0 mi
- Nelsonville Park: 1.1 mi
- Mayor's Park: 1.2 mi
- McConville Park: 1.2 mi
- End of Main St Park: 1.5 mi
- Breakneck Ridge: 1.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Storm King Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Cat Hill: 2.4 mi
- Butter Hill: 2.5 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Hell Hole: 8.1 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 15.5 mi
- Kaal Rock: 18.4 mi
- Claudius Smith Den: 19.9 mi
- Thayer Statue: 3.1 mi
- Washington Monument: 3.2 mi
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 3.2 mi
- General Patton: 3.2 mi
- Mahatma: 5.3 mi
- Roe Park: 3.1 mi
- Open Space Institute: 3.8 mi
- Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 4.1 mi
- Open Space Conservancy: 4.5 mi
- Garrison School Forest: 4.7 mi
- Northgate Farm: 0.7 mi
- Cornish Estate Ruins (Northgate): 0.7 mi
- Stern-Cornish Estate (Northgate): 0.7 mi
- Japanese garden: 0.7 mi
- Stern-Cornish Estate: 0.8 mi
- Putnam History Museum: 1.5 mi
- Boscobel House: 2.0 mi
- Magazzino: 2.2 mi
- Hudson Highlands Nature Center - Wildlife Education Campus: 3.1 mi
- Hudson Highlands Nature Center - Outdoor Discovery Campus: 4.2 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 10.8 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 10.9 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 16.1 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 17.5 mi
- Rogue Riders: 18.9 mi
- Haldane School Garden: 1.1 mi
- Boscobel Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Cut Garden: 16.2 mi
- Vassar College Community Gardens: 16.8 mi
- Canopus Beach: 7.1 mi
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 11.4 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 13.3 mi
- Brick Beach: 13.4 mi
- Tonetta Lake Beach: 17.8 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 11.1 mi
- Kakiat Park: 21.8 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 22.8 mi
- Pell Hill: 23.1 mi
- LG waterfall: 16.2 mi
- Upper Falls: 22.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 22.5 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 24.0 mi
- Dicktown: 9.7 mi
- Doodletown: 9.9 mi
- Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic District: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Bull Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Beacon Mountain | NNE 11° | 491 m | 3.0 mi |
| North Beacon Mountain | N 9° | 465 m | 3.5 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 25° | 456 m | 4.8 mi |
| Lambs Hill | NNE 20° | 454 m | 4.2 mi |
| Spy Rock | SW 226° | 441 m | 4.7 mi |
| Crows Nest | SW 215° | 429 m | 2.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | SW 221° | 429 m | 4.0 mi |
| Black Rock | WSW 239° | 424 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Cold Spring · 1 mi
- Highlands · 6 mi
- Putnam County · 11 mi
- Stony Point · 14 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 17 mi
- New City · 20 mi
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