Bear
Bear is a monument in Ulster County, New York. Bear is situated nearby to Red Cedar Swamp, as well as near the waterfall Stony Kill Falls.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stony Kill Falls and Lake Awosting.
Stony Kill Falls
Waterfall
Stony Kill Falls is the site of one of many access points to the Delaware Aqueduct. It is located in the town of Wawarsing, on the northwestern edge of the Minnewaska Preserve on land acquired in 2001 by the State of New York, The Open Space Institute and the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference from Napanoch Sand and Gravel Company that once owned the land.
Verkeerder Kill Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Ankafm87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Verkeerder Kill Falls is the highest waterfall in Sam's Point Preserve in the Shawangunk Mountains in the town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York. The waterfall has often been reported as 187 feet in height. Verkeerder Kill Falls is situated 2 miles south of Bear.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Napanoch and Wawarsing.
Napanoch
Village
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Napanoch is a hamlet in Town of Wawarsing, in Ulster County, New York, United States. It is at the junction of routes 209 and 55. The population was 1,131 at the 2020 census. Napanoch is situated 3½ miles northwest of Bear.
Wawarsing
Village
Wawarsing is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 12,771 at the 2020 census. The name Wawarsing was once believed to mean "a place where the streams wind" in the Lenape language, referring to the geography in the hamlet of Wawarsing; specifically, the joining of the Ver Nooy Kill and the Rondout Creek at Port Ben. Wawarsing is situated 3½ miles northwest of Bear.
Ellenville
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ellenville is a village within the town of Wawarsing, in Ulster County, part of the Catskills region in New York State. Ellenville is near the intersection of routes NY 52 and US 209.
Bear
- Type: Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: Ulster County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.71534° or 41° 42′ 55″ northLongitude
-74.31997° or 74° 19′ 12″ westOpen location code
87H7PM8J+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 2405685383OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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