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This is hike #10 ("South Beacon Mountain and Mount Beacon") from the book
Weekend Walks in Dutchess & Putnam Counties (2nd edition).
Here are some related links:
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 Remains of Mt. Beacon Incline Railway | [postcard] |
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 Stairs at foot of mountain |
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 Newburgh Beacon Bridge |
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 Hudson looking north |
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 Wheel House remains |
 Gears of incline railway |
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 Site of Beaconcrest Hotel & Casino | [postcard] |
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 Site of Casino |
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 Street in Beacon, NY |
 5-foot rattlesnake skin |
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 Ruins of hotel & casino | [postcards] |
 Dennings Point on Hudson |
 Looking southwest |
 North American bullfrog |
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 Casino trail |
 Abandoned car |
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 Climbing to fire tower |
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 Breakneck Ridge trail |
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 View west from fire tower |
 View south from fire tower |
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 View east |
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 Mt. Beacon fire tower |
 Hudson looking northwest |
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 Graffiti hunting |
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 View west |
 Lunch at the summit |
 Stewart International Airport |
 North to Poughkeepsie with DAR Monument (obelisk) on left |
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 Turkey vulture |
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 Animal bones |
 Beacon Reservoir |
 Beacon Reservoir | [postcard] |
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 Northern Leopard frog |
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