Kensico Reservoir
The Kensico Reservoir is a reservoir in the New York City water supply system. Spanning the towns of North Castle and Mount Pleasant, New York, it was formed by the Kensico Dam in 1885, which impounded waters from the Bronx and Byram rivers.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kensico Cemetery and Valhalla Station.
Kensico Cemetery
Cemetery
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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 2 miles southwest of Kensico Reservoir.
Valhalla Station
Railway station
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 miles southwest of Kensico Reservoir.
Mount Pleasant station
Railway station
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Mount Pleasant station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, serving the town of Mount Pleasant, New York. It serves two adjacent cemeteries, Gate of Heaven and Kensico, the latter of which had its own station until the mid-1980s. Mount Pleasant station is situated 2 miles west of Kensico Reservoir.
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 west of Kensico Reservoir.
Thornwood
Village
Thornwood is a hamlet, census-designated place, and postal designation in the town of Mount Pleasant in Westchester County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Thornwood had a population of 3,960. Thornwood is situated 2½ miles northwest of Kensico Reservoir.
Kensico Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir on the Bronx River, New York
- Category: body of water
- Location: Westchester County, Downstate New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Polish—“Kensico Reservoir” goes by many names.
- French: “lac Kensico”
- French: “Lac Kensico”
- Hebrew: “מאגר קנזיקו”
- Hebrew: “מאגר קנסיקו”
- Japanese: “ケンシコ貯水池”
- Polish: “Kensico Reservoir”
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