Trailside Museum & Zoo

Trailside Museum & Zoo is a zoo in Stony Point, Rockland County, New York. Trailside Museum & Zoo is situated near the park Western Redoubt Fort Clinton, as well as near Bear Mountain Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Bear Mountain Bridge and Bear Mountain Inn.

Bear Mountain Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Mwanner, Public domain.

The Bear Mountain Bridge, ceremonially named the Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge, is a toll suspension bridge in New York State. It carries US 6 and US 202 across the Hudson River between Bear Mountain State Park in Rockland and Orange County and Cortlandt in Westchester County. Bear Mountain Bridge is situated 1,700 feet east of Trailside Museum & Zoo.

Bear Mountain Inn

Hotel

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Bear Mountain Inn is a 1915 hotel, restaurant and spa owned by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission and located in Bear Mountain State Park just south of the Bear Mountain Bridge in Rockland County, New York. Bear Mountain Inn is situated 1,900 feet south of Trailside Museum & Zoo.

Anthony’s Nose

Peak

Photo: Juliancolton, Public domain.

Anthony's Nose is a 900+ ft peak in the Hudson Highlands along the east bank of the Hudson River in the hamlet of Cortlandt Manor, New York. It lies at the extreme northwest end of Westchester County, and serves as the east anchor of the Bear Mountain Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Montgomery and Jones Point.

Fort Montgomery

Village

Fort Montgomery is a hamlet in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 1,627 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area.

Jones Point

Hamlet

Jones Point is a hamlet located in the town of Stony Point in Rockland County in the state of New York, United States, located north of Tomkins Cove; east of Bear Mountain State Park; south of Iona Island; and west of the Hudson River. Jones Point is situated 3 miles southeast of Trailside Museum & Zoo.

Highlands

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Highlands is a city in Orange County in New York state. It is home to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Highlands includes the villages of Fort Montgomery and Highlands Falls.

Trailside Museum & Zoo

Type: Zoo
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Stony Point, Rockland County, Downstate New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.3183° or 41° 19′ 6″ north

Longitude

-73.98943° or 73° 59′ 22″ west

Open location code

87H88296+86

OpenStreetMap ID

way 232452631

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=zoo

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Western Redoubt Fort Clinton and Popolopen Bridge.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Hessian Lake and Pavillion.

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Worth a closer look: Nyack and New City.

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