Jones Point
Jones Point is a cape in Rockland County, Downstate New York, New York. Jones Point is situated nearby to the village Buchanan, as well as near Verplanck.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Rockland County, New York, United States of America
- Also known as: “Caldwell’s Point”, “Donder Berg Point”, “Kidd’s Humbug”, “Kidd’s Humbug Point”, “Kidd’s Point”, “Kidds Humbug”, and “Kidds Humbug Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Peekskill station and Dunderberg Mountain.
Peekskill station
Railway station
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peekskill station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in Peekskill, New York. The former station building built by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in 1874 still stands, although it is no longer staffed.
Dunderberg Mountain
Peak
Dunderberg Mountain is a 1,086-foot mountain on the west bank of the Hudson River at the southern end of the Hudson Highlands. It lies just above Jones Point, New York, within Bear Mountain State Park and the town of Stony Point in Rockland County, New York.
Iona Island
Island
Photo: Kafziel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Iona Island is a 556-acre island of the Hudson River in the town of Stony Point, New York, on its west bank. The island is located approximately one mile south of the Bear Mountain Bridge and is separated from the Hudson's western shore by mudflats and freshwater tidal marshes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jones Point and Peekskill.
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.
Peekskill
Photo: Jon Platek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peekskill is a city in northwestern Westchester County, New York, United States, 35 miles north of New York City. Established as a village in 1816, it was incorporated as a city in 1940.
Buchanan
Village
Buchanan is a village located in the town of Cortlandt in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 2,302 as of the 2020 census. The now decommissioned Indian Point nuclear power facility is located in Buchanan.
Jones Point
- Category: landform
- Location: Rockland County, Downstate New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.2889° or 41° 17′ 20″ northLongitude
-73.95503° or 73° 57′ 18″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
87H872QV+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 7527098166OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
“Jones Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jones Point”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Verplanck and Buckberg.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include House of Prayer Church and Fish Island.
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