Samson Mountain is a
mountain
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located in Sundown Wild Forest in the
Catskill Mountains
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of
New York
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. It stands above the Peekamoose Road (Ulster County Route 42) and the upper course of
Rondout Creek
Rondout Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 3, 2011 tributary of the Hudson River in Ulster and Sullivan counties, New York, United States. It rises on Roc ...
.
Van Wyck Mountain is located northwest and Bangle Hill is located west-southwest of Samson Mountain. The mountain was named for General Henry A. Samson, operator of a tannery in nearby
Samsonville.
References
Mountains of Ulster County, New York
Mountains of New York (state)
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