Mount Ivy, NY is a hamlet or community that resides in the Town of Haverstraw. Haverstraw is part of Rockland County. This county is famous for Haverstraw Bay which is the opening of the Hudson River which has been an important waterway for commerce, trade, and military operations throughout the history of the United States.
This region is full of history relating to the early European settlers and the American Revolutionary War. Thus, you can visit numerous museums in the area around Mount Ivy. There are also plenty of parks and historic sites.
One famous area close to Mount Ivy is the Samuel G. Fisher Environmental Park. This is an area of swampy marshland that covers 40 acres and lies east of a Lackawanna Railroad line. Originally, the Quakers had a settlement here in the 18th century. The land was acquired between 1962 and 1963 and the acreage grew because of tax delinquency acquisitions. In this reserve, you can see many trees that are native to the Rockland County area. The most prominent tree you will see in this park is the Yellow Poplar otherwise known as the Tulip Tree. You can hike along the railroad bed and observe all of the interesting wildlife that is protected by this reserve. Some of the wildlife you can see includes the White-tailed Deer, Great Horned Owl, Wood Duck, Great Blue Heron, and many more species.
At the Stony Point Battlefield Historic Site, near Mount Ivy, you can visit the site of one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Stony Point. It was in this area that the famous American General “Mad” Anthony Wayne led a surprise attack on the British on July 16, 1779. Stony Point was a valuable outpost for the British Army because of its location at the mouth of the Hudson River. When the Americans overtook it, it was a major turning point in the Revolutionary War.
