Pyramid Mountain and the adjacent Turkey Mountain are home to unusual glacial erratics, beautiful rock outcrops, wetlands, waterfall and several scenic overlooks including one near this cache. The park includes the famous Tripod Rock, a 160-ton boulder resting atop three smaller boulders that was plopped down by the receding Wisconsin about 12,000 years ago. It is less than a half mile from this cache.
Many wild animals call this park home including black bear, deer, coyote, fox and the elusive bobcat. There are a number of foundations and ruins of homes of the area's early settlers scattered throughout the park.
The mountain was originally known as High Mountain. Local historians still prefer to use that name. The name it is now commonly known by came from an entry in an early edition of the New York Walk Book, which described the mountain as a "pyrimad shaped mountain". Approaching from the south along Boonton Ave (CR 511) you can see the distinct pyramid shape of the mountain in the distance, especially when the leaves are off the trees.
The hike is a bit over a mile hike from the designated parking, over moderate terrain. It's a slightly longer hike from the main parking lot at the visitors center about two miles south of the designated parking area. The trailhead begins behind the tennis courts.