Fort Clinton
Fort Clinton was an American Revolutionary War fort erected by the Continental Army on the west bank of the Hudson River in 1776. Fort Clinton was also the site of the original West Point academy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bear Mountain Bridge and Anthony’s Nose.
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 Orange County and Cortlandt in Westchester County.
Anthony’s Nose
Peak
Photo: Juliancolton, Public domain.
Anthony's Nose is a 900+ ft peak in the Hudson Highlands along the east bank of the Hudson River in the hamlet of Cortlandt Manor, New York. It lies at the extreme northwest end of Westchester County, and serves as the east anchor of the Bear Mountain Bridge.
Bear Mountain Inn
Hotel
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bear Mountain Inn is a 1915 hotel, restaurant and spa owned by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission and located in Bear Mountain State Park just south of the Bear Mountain Bridge in Rockland County, New York.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Montgomery and Jones Point.
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, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.
Jones Point
Hamlet
Jones Point is a former hamlet located in the town of Stony Point in Rockland County in the state of New York, United States, located north of Tomkins Cove; east of Bear Mountain State Park; south of Iona Island; and west of the Hudson River. Jones Point is situated 3 miles southeast of Fort Clinton.
Highlands
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.
Fort Clinton
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: fort upstream on the Hudson River, New York state
- Categories: military installation and locality
- Location: Stony Point, Rockland County, Downstate New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.31896° or 41° 19′ 8″ northLongitude
-73.98809° or 73° 59′ 17″ westElevation
105 feet (32 metres)Open location code
87H88296+HQOpenStreetMap ID
node 158835632OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Fort Clinton” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “克林頓堡”
- Indonesian: “Benteng Clinton”
- Japanese: “フォート・クリントン (ハイランズ)”
- Russian: “Форт Клинтон”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Trailside Museum & Zoo and Western Redoubt Fort Clinton.
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