Bergen County
Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.New Jersey. It extends into New York, where it forms the western side of the southern entrance to
Ramapo Pass Ramapo (occasionally spelled Ramapough) is the name of several places and institutions in northern New Jersey and southeastern New York State. They were named after the Ramapough, a band of the Lenape Indians who migrated into the area from Connecti ...
. The major peak on the New Jersey side rises to and is known as Stag Hill. It is separated by a deep saddle from the major peak on the New York side known as the Hooge Kop proper, which rises to about . Houvenkopf Mountain is located in Mahwah, New Jersey and overlooks Hillburn to the north,
Suffern
Suffern is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village that was incorporated in 1796 in the town of Ramapo, New York, Ramapo in Rockland County, New York. Suffern is located 31 miles northwest of Manhattan. As of the 2010 census, Suf ...
Houvenkopf Mountain's name is derived from the Dutch "Hooge Kop," meaning "High Head." Its summit was known as Split Rock or Pigeon Rock, because locals used to spread grain around the summit boulders to catch passenger pigeons.
The mountain was the subject of the poem titled "Mount Houvenkopf" by Joyce Kilmer, written in 1918.
Parts of the mountain are publicly accessible as part of the Ramapo Valley County Reservation.