[7] High Tor State Park is intended for day use during the summer months, and contains picnic tables, a pool and showers, hiking trails, and a food concession.

[9] They are the highest peaks in not only the park, but in all of the Hudson Palisades.

[citation needed] The skylines of New York City, Jersey City and Newark are visible to hikers on High Tor, as well as on Little Tor during the Fall and Winter months when there's less foliage.

[3] High Tor was used as a signal point during the American Revolution for the colonists,[3] and was used as an air raid watch during World War II.

Famous composer Kurt Weill worked as an air raid warden there.