Beacon Reservoir
Beacon Reservoir supplies water to the city of Beacon, in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is located at 1,285 feet above sea level in a hollow between Beacon Mountain and Scofield Ridge, in the neighboring Town of Fishkill, very close to the Putnam County line.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower and Dia Beacon.
Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower
Tower
The Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower is located on the summit of South Beacon Mountain in Beacon, New York, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
Dia Beacon
Museum
Dia Beacon is the museum for the Dia Art Foundation's collection of art from the 1960s to the present and is one of the 12 locations and sites they manage.
Beacon Theatre
Movie theater
The Beacon Theatre was an American Art Deco performing arts theater located in Beacon, New York, in the Hudson Valley, on Main Street in the city's downtown section, across from Fishkill Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beacon and North Highlands.
Beacon
Beacon is a city located on the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 13,769. Beacon is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area.North Highlands
Village
North Highlands is a hamlet in Putnam County, New York which consists of the northernmost portions of Philipstown in the Hudson Highlands. Like the adjacent village of Nelsonville, it shares a ZIP Code and school district with nearby Cold Spring.
Glenham
Village
Glenham is a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The community is 2.5 miles east-northeast of Beacon. Glenham has a post office with ZIP code 12527, which opened on March 6, 1839.
Beacon Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: body of water
- Category: body of water
- Location: Dutchess County, Mid-Hudson and Catskills, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.48669° or 41° 29′ 12″ north
Longitude
-73.94062° or 73° 56′ 26″ west
Elevation
1,283 feet (391 metres)
Open location code
87H8F3P5+MQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Beacon Reservoir” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Beacon Reservoir (tubiganan sa Estados Unidos, New York, Dutchess County)”
- Cebuano: “Beacon Reservoir”
- French: “Beacon Reservoir”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Beacon Hills and Groveville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include North Beacon Mountain and South Beacon Mountain.
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