--- title: "Bull Hill – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Bull Hill, United States: 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…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bull-hill" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bull-hill.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bolling_house_originally_named_%22Mitchell%27s%22_%28later_%22Bull_Hill%22%29%2C_possibly_located_in_Hopewell%2C_Va._LCCN2014646189.tif/lossy-page1-1920px-Bolling_house_originally_named_%22Mitchell%27s%22_%28later_%22Bull_Hill%22%29%2C_possibly_located_in_Hopewell%2C_Va._LCCN2014646189.tif.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Mountain in New York, United States # 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](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Bolling_house_originally_named_%22Mitchell%27s%22_%28later_%22Bull_Hill%22%29%2C_possibly_located_in_Hopewell%2C_Va._LCCN2014646189.tif/lossy-page1-1920px-Bolling_house_originally_named_%22Mitchell%27s%22_%28later_%22Bull_Hill%22%29%2C_possibly_located_in_Hopewell%2C_Va._LCCN2014646189.tif.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Bull Hill · Civil War Glass Negatives The place 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. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_Hill), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 1. Storm 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_King_Mountain_(New_York%29) 2. Breakneck 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakneck_Ridge) 3. West 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Foundry) 4. First 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Baptist_Church_of_Cold_Spring_(Nelsonville,_New_York%29) 5. House 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_249_Main_Street) 6. Plumbush 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbush) 7. River 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_View_House) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## 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 Hill 5444 km · quickest by air, 12h 59m · $450–750 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/new-york-to-bull-hill) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=New+York&to=Bull+Hill) - Newark → Bull Hill 29 km · quickest by road, 42 min · £3–4.5 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/newark-to-bull-hill) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Newark&to=Bull+Hill) - Hartford → Bull Hill 116 km · quickest by road, 2h · £12–16 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/hartford-to-bull-hill) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hartford&to=Bull+Hill) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Bull%20Hill) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## 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. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in There is a ferry which crosses the Hudson from Newburgh, which connects with nearby Beacon and its Metro-North station. - Get in Beacon station is next to the ferry landing, allowing for an easy transfer. From [Wikivoyage: Newburgh (New York)](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Newburgh_(New_York%29), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Fire Island](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fire-island) US 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 111 km 2. [Vinalhaven and the Fox Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vinalhaven) US 9 ways of moving, 13 sources 509 km 3. [Tortola and the British Virgin Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tortola) VG 11 ways of moving, 15 sources 2,708 km 4. [Vieques](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vieques) PR 8 ways of moving, 12 sources 2,715 km 5. [Saba](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/saba) NL 8 ways of moving, 22 sources 2,837 km If you know how people move in Bull Hill – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cbull-hill&title=Bull+Hill&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fbull-hill), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Bull Hill - [Nelsonville](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nelsonville) village in New York 1.8 km - [Cold Spring Historic District](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cold-spring-historic-district) historic district in New York, United States 2 km [The place page for Bull Hill](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/bull-hill) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United States](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-US) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bull-hill, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt