Bull Hill
Bull Hill, also known as Mount Taurus, is a mountain north of the village of Cold Spring on the Hudson River in Putnam County in the State of New York.
Bull Hill, also known as Mount Taurus, is a mountain north of the village of Cold Spring on the Hudson River in Putnam County in the State of New York. It is part of the river-straddling range known as the Hudson Highlands. The original name came after a bull that used to terrorize the mountain was chased by indignant inhabitants. A hunting party drove the bull over the hill. In an attempt to flee the mountaineers, the bull plunged out into space and fell down. Its broken and shapeless mass on the rocks was memorialized in the name of the mountain the bull used to haunt.
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Worth seeing in and around Bull Hill
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Storm King Mountain
Storm King Mountain is a mountain on the west bank of the Hudson River just south of Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. Together with Breakneck Ridge on the opposite bank of the river it forms "Wey-Gat" or Wind Gate, the picturesque northern narrows of the Hudson Highlands.
3.3 km · mountain in New York state · Wikipedia - 02Breakneck Ridge
Breakneck Ridge is a mountain along the Hudson River between Beacon and Cold Spring, New York, straddling the boundary between Dutchess and Putnam counties. Its distinctive rocky cliffs are visible for a long distance when approached from the south, and together with Storm King Mountain on the opposite bank of the river forms Wey-Gat, or Wind Gate, the picturesque northern gateway to the Hudson Highlands.
2.4 km · mountain in the United States · Wikipedia - 03West Point Foundry
The West Point Foundry was a major American ironworking and machine shop concern, located in Cold Spring, New York, United States. It operated from 1818 to about 1911.
2.7 km · historic foundry site in New York state, USA · Wikipedia - 04First Baptist Church of Cold Spring
The Church on the Hill is located just outside that village on Main Street in Nelsonville, New York, United States. It is the oldest church in the town of Philipstown, which includes both villages, and has been in use continually since its 1831 construction.
1.8 km · church building in Nelsonville, United States of America · Wikipedia - 05House at 249 Main Street
The house at 249 Main Street, Nelsonville, New York, United States, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as part of the Hudson Highlands Multiple Resource Area. It was built around 1870 and combines aspects of the Italianate and Carpenter Gothic architectural styles which were prevalent at that time.
1.8 km · historic house in New York, United States · Wikipedia - 06Plumbush
Plumbush is the former house and farm of Robert Parker Parrott, inventor of the Parrott gun. It is located at the junction of NY 9D and Peekskill Road south of Cold Spring, New York, United States.
2.5 km · historic house in New York, United States · Wikipedia - 07River View House
River View House is a historic home located at Cornwall in Orange County, New York. It was built between 1850 and 1860 and is a two-story, five bay frame dwelling.
3.9 km · historic house in New York, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bull Hill
- Airports
- LaGuardia (LGA), 74 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 85 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 90 km
- Stations
- Breakneck Ridge station, 2.7 km
- New York → Bull Hill5444 km · quickest by air, 12h 59m · $450–750
- Newark → Bull Hill29 km · quickest by road, 42 min · £3–4.5
- Hartford → Bull Hill116 km · quickest by road, 2h · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bull Hill
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bull Hill. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is a ferry which crosses the Hudson from Newburgh, which connects with nearby Beacon and its Metro-North station.
- Get inBeacon station is next to the ferry landing, allowing for an easy transfer.
From Wikivoyage: Newburgh (New York), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.
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Next door to Bull Hill
- Nelsonvillevillage in New York1.8 km
- Cold Spring Historic Districthistoric district in New York, United States2 km