Kensico Dam

Kensico Dam is a dam in Town of North Castle, Westchester County, New York. Kensico Dam is situated nearby to the railway station Valhalla Station, as well as near the town Mount Pleasant.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Valhalla Station and Kensico Cemetery.

Valhalla Station

Railway station

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Valhalla station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in Mount Pleasant, New York. Valhalla Station is situated 2,100 feet west of Kensico Dam.

Kensico Cemetery is a cemetery in Valhalla, New York, United States. It was founded in 1889, when many New York City cemeteries were becoming full and rural cemeteries were being created near the railroads that served the city. Kensico Cemetery is situated 1 mile west of Kensico Dam.

North White Plains station

Railway station

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North White Plains station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in the North White Plains neighborhood of White Plains, New York. North White Plains station is situated 1½ miles south of Kensico Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Valhalla and Mount Pleasant.

Valhalla

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Valhalla is a hamlet and census-designated place within the town of Mount Pleasant, in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the New York City metropolitan area.

Mount Pleasant

Town

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Mount Pleasant is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 44,436. Mount Pleasant is situated 2 miles northwest of Kensico Dam.

Fairview

Suburb

Fairview is a hamlet and a census-designated place located in the town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 3,099 at the 2010 census. Fairview is situated 2½ miles southwest of Kensico Dam.

Kensico Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Westchester County, New York, United States of America
Location: Town of North Castle, Westchester County, Downstate New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.07392° or 41° 4′ 26″ north

Longitude

-73.7667° or 73° 46′ 0″ west

Elevation

308 feet (94 metres)

Inception

1917

Height

308 feet (94 metres)

Operator

New York City Department of Environmental Protection

Open location code

87H836FM+H8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 56070100

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

5123276

Wikidata ID

Q34855773

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In Other Languages

“Kensico Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Kensico Dam”

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