Lake Peekskill
Lake Peekskill is a small manmade lake located in the town of Putnam Valley in Putnam County, New York. Originally called Lower Cranberry Pond before being dammed, the lake was created as a destination recreational area in the 1920s by the McGolrick Co. by impounding a small unnamed tributary of Peekskill Hollow Creek with a dam on its southwest end.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old St. Peter’s Church.
Old St. Peter’s Church
Church
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Old St. Peter's Church and Old Cemetery, also known as St. Peter's Church of Cortlandt is a historic Episcopal church and cemetery at Oregon Road and Locust Avenue in Van Cortlandtville, Westchester County, New York. Old St. Peter’s Church is situated 2 miles southwest of Lake Peekskill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lake Peekskill and Putnam Valley.
Lake Peekskill
Hamlet
Lake Peekskill is a hamlet in the town of Putnam Valley in Putnam County, New York, United States, centered on Lake Peekskill. The community is 3.7 miles northeast of Peekskill. Lake Peekskill has a post office with ZIP code 10537.
Putnam Valley
Town
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Putnam Valley is a town in Putnam County, New York, United States. The population was 11,762 at the 2020 census. Its location is northeast of New York City, in the southwestern part of Putnam County. Putnam Valley calls itself the "Town of Lakes".
Lake Mohegan
Town
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Lake Mohegan, commonly known as Mohegan Lake, is a census-designated place located in the Town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York, United States. Lake Mohegan is situated 2½ miles southeast of Lake Peekskill.
Lake Peekskill
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Putnam County, New York, USA
- Category: lake
- Location: Putnam County, Mid-Hudson and Catskills, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.34042° or 41° 20′ 26″ northLongitude
-73.8827° or 73° 52′ 58″ westElevation
289 feet (88 metres)Open location code
87H884R8+5WOpenStreetMap ID
way 75031316OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Lake Peekskill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Peekskill”
- French: “Lake Peekskill”
- Welsh: “Llyn Peekskill”
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Localities in the Area
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