New York City: Hook Mountain

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New York City: Hook MountainNew York City: Hook MountainShare Hook’s 728-foot summit, the area’s second highest, with soaring broad-winged hawks, then descend the Long Path to Rockland Lake and return to Upper Nyack, New York, for a six-mile loop.
 Published  Sep 20, 2013 BACKPACKERMagazine
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Location: 41.120826, -73.918183
Hook Mtn.
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Location: 41.118967, -73.915071
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