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The park is referenced in the Bob Dylan song "Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues". Some believe Kate Smith wrote her 1931 theme song “When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain” while at the Bear Mountain Inn. If so, the mountain in question might be Anthony's Nose which lies to the east across the Hudson River.
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