Montrose is a hamlet (and census-designated place) within the town of Cortlandt, in the northwestern corner of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located near Croton-on-Hudson and Verplanck. The rural character of the hamlet is defined by the Hudson River, numerous wooded hills and steep slopes, wetland areas and beautiful streams.
Population: 2,731
Latitude: 41° 15' 8.35" N
Longitude: -73° 55' 53.51" W
The Tarrytown Reservoir is an 81 acres (0.33 km2) storage reservoir in Tarrytown, New York. It was completed in 1897 by the Village of Tarrytown as the village's main storage reservoir. The reservoir was formed by the Tarrytown Waterworks Dam which …
Stony Point is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Stony Point, Rockland County, New York, USA. It is located north of West Haverstraw, east of Harriman State Park, south of Tomkins Cove, and west of the Hudson River.
Sedgwick Monument is a memorial to Union General John Sedgwick at West Point. "Uncle John" Sedgwick was born in Cornwall, Connecticut, 67 miles northeast of West Point, New York. Sculpted by Launt Thompson and dedicated in 1868, the monument was ere…
Nauraushaun is a hamlet in the Town of Orangetown Rockland County, New York, United States located north of state of New Jersey, along the northwestern shore of Lake Tappan; east of Chestnut Ridge; south of Pearl River and west of Blauvelt. It deriv…
Lasdon Park and Arboretum (95 ha / 234 acres) is a public park containing gardens and an arboretum (12 ha / 30 acres). It is located on New York State Route 35, Somers, New York, and open to the public daily without charge.
Ladentown is a hamlet in the Town of Haverstraw Rockland County, New York, United States is located in the center of a triangle between Haverstraw, Pomona and Suffern and two miles west of Mount Ivy.
The Hawthorne Circle was a notably dangerous traffic circle located in Hawthorne, New York, United States until 1972 when it was replaced with a three-level interchange. The circle once connected three busy highways, the Bronx River Parkway, the Tac…
Garrison Union Free School, also referred to as just Garrison School, educates students from kindergarten through eighth grade in the eponymous school district, which covers the hamlet of Garrison and nearby areas of the towns of Philipstown and Put…
Firthcliffe is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Orange County, New York USA. The population was 4,949 at the 2010 census.
Croton Point Park is a Westchester County park in the village of Croton-on-Hudson.
The Cornwall Central School District is based in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, and provides public education to the children of that village, the Town of Cornwall and portions of the neighboring towns of New Windsor and Woodbury.
The Church of the Holy Comforter, built in 1860, is a Gothic Revival church located on Davies Street, near the train station in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States, a few blocks from the Hudson River.
Buckberg Mountain is a hill above the Hudson River that played a role in American Revolutionary War strategy concerning the Hudson Highlands. Its slopes rise directly from the riverbank to an elevation of about 793 feet (242 m) above Tomkins Cove, a…
Bridge Street Properties is the name given to the redevelopment of a factory site on the Hudson River in Irvington, New York, United States.
Wood's Monument is an obelisk monument in honor of Colonel Eleazer Derby Wood (1783–1814), an engineer officer and early graduate of West Point who died during the War of 1812 at the Siege of Fort Erie on 17 September 1814. Old prints of West Point …
Washington Irving High School at 18 North Broadway in Tarrytown, New York was built c. 1897. In the 1920s, the new building was constructed for the school about a half mile south on Broadway, and the old school later become the Frank R. Pierson Scho…
The United Methodist Church of the Highlands, originally First Presbyterian Church of Highland Falls, is located on Main Street in Highland Falls New York, United States.
The Whippoorwill Club is a private country club facility near Armonk, New York. In 2010 GOLFWEEK magazine ranked the Whippoorwill golf course as the 73rd best classic course in the United States. The club is not just a golf course and there are a fe…