Rte 218 Over Look-Ny 10-12-2014_0006
Storm King Mtn Overlook On Rte 218 On Storm King Mountain near Cornwall N.Y.  Overlooking the Hudson River.
-Best Route to Overlook Rte 293 to Rte 218 Follow signs for West Point Golf Course.
-The Storm King Highway is a three-mile (4.8 km) segment of New York State Route 218 (NY 218) between Lee Road in the Town of Highlands at the south end and the Cornwall-on-Hudson village line in Orange County, New York, in the United States. It was built in 1916 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 in recognition of its accomplishment in civil engineering.

It is so named because it winds around the steep slopes of Storm King Mountain near its north end of the Hudson Highlands on the west bank of the Hudson River. Here it reaches heights of up to 420 feet (130 m) above the water, with panoramic views of the river and surrounding mountains such as Breakneck Ridge and Bull Hill.

Several small pullouts allow drivers to stop and enjoy the view. When originally built it took 22 miles(34 km) off the trip [1] between Cornwall and Newburgh to its north with Highland Falls and West Point to its south. It remains used by commuters today.
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