Stissing Mountain

Stissing Mountain
Stissing Mountain is located in New York
Stissing Mountain
Stissing Mountain
Location of Stissing Mountain within New York
Stissing Mountain is located in the United States
Stissing Mountain
Stissing Mountain
Stissing Mountain (the United States)
Highest point
Elevation1,388 feet (423 m)[1]
Coordinates41°57′23″N 73°41′33″W / 41.9564812°N 73.6926279°W / 41.9564812; -73.6926279[1]
Geography
LocationSW of Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York, U.S.
Topo mapUSGS Pine Plains

Stissing Mountain, with an elevation of 1,403 feet (428 meters), lies in northern Dutchess County, New York, where it rises about 1,000 feet (305 meters) above its local footings. The mountain is steepest on its eastern slopes, which average 40 percent (or 21.8 degrees). This eastern escarpment is about 3 miles (4.8 km) long. Around Stissing's eastern base are substantial amounts of talus blocks composed of gneiss.[2] A restored, 1933 fire tower is near the summit and open to the public (as of 2023) via hiking trails.

Geology

Stissing is primarily gneiss but shale, limestone, and quartzite are found in the immediate area. This gneiss was originally raised along with softer sedimentary rocks via thrust faulting. Erosion wore away the softer materials, 'leaving the hard core of Stissing."[3][4]Ordovician thrust faulting pushed Stissing's gneiss "core" to its current position on top of younger rock strata. This unusual age sequence of strata is "also common elsewhere in the Taconic section."[2] Although geologically related to the Taconic Mountains, Stissing as a matter of cultural geography is neither part of the Taconics nor the greater Hudson Highlands, both of which are nearby.[5]

History

In late 1933, the Boston Corners CCC Camp built a 79-foot-6-inch-tall (24.23 m) International Derrick E-4898 steel fire lookout tower on the mountain. The tower had been provided to the State by the United States Forest Service. The tower was first staffed in 1935, reporting 91 fires and 610 visitors. The tower ceased fire lookout operations sometime between 1979 and 1982. The tower was later restored by the Friends of Stissing Landmarks and is open to the public.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Stissing Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Significant Habitats and Habitat Complexes of the New York Bight Watershed" 1997 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southern New England-New York Bight Coastal Ecosystems Program, Charlestown, R.I.
  3. ^ American Museum of Natural History web page https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/nys-environment/geological-history
  4. ^ Natural Resources Inventory of Dutchess County Chapter 3 page 5 <https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Planning/Docs/nrichapthree.pdf
  5. ^ Natural Resources Inventory of Dutchess County Chapter 3 page 24 <https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Planning/Docs/nrichapthree.pdf
  6. ^ "Searchable list of NY Fire Towers". nysffla.org. The New York State Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

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