West Point is a United States federal military reservation established by Thomas Jefferson in 1802. It comprises about 16,000 acres (6,500 ha) including the campus of the United States Military Academy, which is also frequently called "West Point." It is a census-designated place located in the Town of Highlands in Orange County, New York, located on the western bank of the Hudson River. The population was 6,763 at the 2010 census. It is part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.
Population: 6,763
Latitude: 41° 23' 29.33" N
Longitude: -73° 57' 21.49" W
The Cadet Chapel at the United States Military Academy is a place of Protestant denomination worship for many members of the United States Corps of Cadets. The chapel is a classic example of gothic revival architecture, with its cross-shaped floor p…
Massaro House is a U.S. residence inspired by designs of a never-constructed project conceived by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It is located on the privately owned Petre Island (sometimes spelled Petra Island) in Lake Mahopac, New York, and is …
WRNN-TV is an independent television station operated by RNN serving the New York metropolitan area which is licensed to Kingston, New York, USA. Broadcasting on channel 48, WRNN broadcasts a schedule of mainly infomercials, home-shopping programmin…
Pomona is a village partly in the town of Ramapo and partly in the town of Haverstraw in Rockland County, New York, United States. It is located north of New Hempstead, east of Harriman State Park, north of Monsey and west of Mount Ivy.
Highland Falls, formerly named Buttermilk Falls, is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,900 at the 2010 census.
Breakneck Ridge is a mountain along the Hudson River between Beacon and Cold Spring, New York, straddling the boundary between Dutchess and Putnam counties.
Doodletown was an isolated hamlet in the Town of Stony Point Rockland County, New York, United States. Purchased by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission during the 1960s, it is now part of Bear Mountain State Park and a popular destination for h…
Putnam Valley is a town in Putnam County, New York, United States. The population was 11,809 at the 2010 census. Its location is northeast of New York City, in the southwest part of Putnam County. Many people live in Putnam Valley and commute to New…
Storm King Art Center, commonly referred to as Storm King and named after its proximity to Storm King Mountain, is an open-air museum located in Mountainville, New York. It contains what is perhaps the largest collection of contemporary outdoor scul…
Harriman is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 2,424 at the 2010 census.
The Peekskill meteorite is among the most historic meteorite events on record. Sixteen separate video recordings document the meteorite burning through the Earth's atmosphere, whereupon it struck a parked car in Peekskill, New York. Peekskill is an …
Lake Mohegan is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Yorktown and partially in the Town of Cortlandt, both in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 6,010 at the 2010 census. Locally, the area is known as M…
Dutchess Stadium is a stadium in the town of Fishkill, New York. It opened in 1994 and holds 4,500 people.
Downstate Correctional Facility is a maximum-security prison in the Town of Fishkill in the Hudson Valley region of New York.
Verplanck is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York.
The New Croton reservoir is a narrow reservoir in Westchester County, New York, lying approximately 22 miles (35 km) north of New York City, for which the reservoir supplies water.
Monroe is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 8,364 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-…
Bear Mountain is one of the best-known peaks of New York's Hudson Highlands.