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The New York State College of Forestry 
easily accessible on the western side from Tuxedo, Arden, and 
Southfields, on the Erie Railroad, but there are no general arrange- 
ments for transportation from these stations into the Park except 
by private conveyances. \ r isitors by rail should in general use the 
Iona Island entrance, on the West Shore Railroad. 
The Bear Mountain and Harriman Park region is remarkably 
accessible by the splendid system of motor roads traversing this 
portion of New York and New Jersey. The Park is approached 
along the river on the Avest shore by the magnificent Hudson Boule- 
vard, the Henry Hudson Drive, and the New York State Route 
No. 3. Good motor roads lead into the Park from Central Valley, 
Tuxedo, Sloatsburg, Southfields, and Suffern, on the Erie Railroad. 
The boundary line between Orange County and Rockland County 
traverses this region of the Park in a straight line from Hessian 
Lake through the head of Little Long Pond, of the Kanahwauke 
group. 
Boundaries of the Bear Mountain and Harriman Park Sec- 
tions. This section of the Palisades Interstate Park is an area with 
boundaries extremely irregular (Fig. 33). The domain may be 
appropriately bounded by lines beginning at Bear Mountain Inn 
and running westward to Twin Lakes; from Twin Lakes, by vary- 
ing angles, to Southfields, in the Ramapo valley; from Southfields 
to Stony Brook ; from Stony Brook, around an extensive arc 
embracing Pine Meadow Brook, to Gate Hill; from Gate Hill to 
Iona Island, and around the eastern base of Bear Mountain. Along 
these general directions are many angles and doublings, to include 
desirable wooded tracts and to exclude particular areas not espe- 
cially suitable for Park purposes. 
In brief, the region is a portion of the Highlands plateau betAveen 
the Hudson and Ramapo rivers, varying in elevation from the 
Hudson River tide level at Bear Mountain to fourteen hundred 
feet at several summits in the Park interior. The boundaries of 
the area are purely arbitrary, Avithout regard to physical limits or 
any particular ecological relations. 
The Mountains of the Region. The region is characterized by 
densely forested mountains separated by wooded valleys and 
