Cragston Lakes

Cragston Lakes is a reservoir in Orange County, New York. Cragston Lakes is situated nearby to the village Highland Falls, as well as near the hamlet Manitou.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Mark’s Baptist Church and Sugarloaf Hill.

St. Mark’s Baptist Church

Church

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St. Mark's Baptist Church, formerly known as Methodist Episcopal Church of Highland Falls, is a historic Baptist church located in the village of Highland Falls, Orange County, New York.

Sugarloaf Hill is a 785 ft peak along the Hudson River in Putnam County, New York, part of the Hudson Highlands. It was named by the Dutch for its resemblance in outline to a sugarloaf when sailing up the river towards it. Sugarloaf Hill is situated 1½ miles east of Cragston Lakes.

Bear Mountain Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Mwanner, Public domain.

The Bear Mountain Bridge, ceremonially named the Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge, is a toll suspension bridge in New York State. It carries US 6 and US 202 across the Hudson River between Bear Mountain State Park in Rockland and Orange County and Cortlandt in Westchester County. Bear Mountain Bridge is situated 2½ miles south of Cragston Lakes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Highland Falls and Fort Montgomery.

Highland Falls

Village

Photo: Alexisrael, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Highland Falls, formerly named Buttermilk Falls, is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,684 at the 2020 census. The village was founded in 1906.

Fort Montgomery

Village

Fort Montgomery is a hamlet in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 1,627 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area. Fort Montgomery is situated 1½ miles south of Cragston Lakes.

Highlands

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Highlands is a city in Orange County in New York state. It is home to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Highlands includes the villages of Fort Montgomery and Highlands Falls.

Cragston Lakes

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Orange County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.35367° or 41° 21′ 13″ north

Longitude

-73.97821° or 73° 58′ 42″ west

Elevation

308 feet (94 metres)

Open location code

87H8923C+FP

GeoNames ID

5113964

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Satellite Map

Discover Cragston Lakes from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Manitou and Glenclyffe.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Crystal Lake and Pells Pond.

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