Steuben Hill

Steuben Hill is a mountain in the Town of Herkimer in central New York that lends its name to the approximately 1,000-acre Steuben Hill State Forest, a year-round public conservation and recreation area managed by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. It is part of a larger upland massif with Hasenclever Hill and Schrader Hill, forming high ground between nearby communities on both sides of the Mohawk River. In practical terms, this massif creates a barrier between the Mohawk Valley and the Adirondack region, limiting easy northward passage. The hill is named for Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, linking the local landscape to the Prussian-born American Revolution drillmaster.

Herkimer, New York · United States