Peekskill Seaplane Base

Peekskill Seaplane Base was a public use seaplane base located three nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Peekskill, a city in Westchester County, New York, United States.

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stony Point Light and Cortlandt station.

Stony Point Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Tony, CC BY 2.0.

The Stony Point Light is the oldest lighthouse on the Hudson River. It is located at the Stony Point Battlefield in Stony Point, New York. The lighthouse was built in 1826 by Thomas Phillips, to warn ships away from the rocks of the Stony Point peninsula.

Cortlandt station

Railway station

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cortlandt station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in Montrose, New York. Trains leave for New York City every hour on weekdays, and about every 25 minutes during rush hour. Cortlandt station is situated 2 miles east of Peekskill Seaplane Base.

Haverstraw Heliport

Aerodrome

Haverstraw Heliport is a privately owned, public use heliport located one nautical mile east of Haverstraw, a village in the Town of Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York, United States. Haverstraw Heliport is situated 2½ miles south of Peekskill Seaplane Base.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Verplanck and Tomkins Cove.

Verplanck

Village

Verplanck is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Verplanck had a population of 1,535.

Tomkins Cove

Village

Photo: Disputantum, Public domain.

Tomkins Cove is a hamlet in the Town of Stony Point, Rockland County, New York, United States, located north of Stony Point; east of Harriman State Park; south of Doodletown and west of the Hudson River.

Montrose

Village

Montrose is a hamlet within the town of Cortlandt, in the northwestern corner of Westchester County, New York, United States. The hamlet is named after the Montross family, most of whom worked nearby in Buchanan at the tannery. Montrose is situated 1½ miles east of Peekskill Seaplane Base.

Peekskill Seaplane Base

Type: Airport
Description: airport in Verplanck, New York
Categories: seaplane base and transportation
Location: Cortlandt, Westchester County, Downstate New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.24593° or 41° 14′ 45″ north

Longitude

-73.96153° or 73° 57′ 42″ west

Open location code

87H862WQ+99

GeoNames ID

5130839

Wikidata ID

Q10860382

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Peekskill Seaplane Base” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Peekskill Seaplane Base”
Persian: “پایگاه آب‌نشین پیک اسکیل”
Tajik: “Пийкскил”
Tajik: “Пойгоҳи об‌ншстн пийк оскил”
Urdu: “پیکسکل سی پلین بیس”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Buchanan and Stony Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Verplanck Point and Greens Cove.

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