Popolopen Creek

Popolopen Creek is a stream in Orange County, New York. Popolopen Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort Clinton, as well as near Manitou.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bear Mountain Bridge and Anthony’s Nose.

Bear Mountain Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Mwanner, Public domain.

The Bear Mountain Bridge, ceremonially named the Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge, is a toll suspension bridge in New York State. It carries US 6 and US 202 across the Hudson River between Bear Mountain State Park in Rockland and Orange County and Cortlandt in Westchester County.

Anthony's Nose is a 900+ ft peak in the Hudson Highlands along the east bank of the Hudson River in the hamlet of Cortlandt Manor, New York. It lies at the extreme northwest end of Westchester County, and serves as the east anchor of the Bear Mountain Bridge.

Bear Mountain Inn

Hotel

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Bear Mountain Inn is a 1915 hotel, restaurant and spa owned by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission and located in Bear Mountain State Park just south of the Bear Mountain Bridge in Rockland County, New York.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Montgomery and Jones Point.

Fort Montgomery

Village

Fort Montgomery is a hamlet in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 1,627 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area.

Jones Point

Hamlet

Jones Point is a 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. Jones Point is situated 3 miles southeast of Popolopen Creek.

Highlands

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Highlands is a city in Orange County in New York state. It is home to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Highlands includes the villages of Fort Montgomery and Highlands Falls.

Popolopen Creek

Type: Stream
Also known as: “Fort Montgomery Creek”, “Montgomery Creek”, “Peploaps Creek”, “Pooploop’s Kill”, “Popolopen Brook”, “Popolopen’s Creek”, and “Popolopen’s Kill”
Category: body of water
Location: Orange County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.3212° or 41° 19′ 16″ north

Longitude

-73.98597° or 73° 59′ 10″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

87H882C7+FJ

GeoNames ID

5131982

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Satellite Map

Discover Popolopen Creek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fort Clinton and Manitou.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hudson River Bridge and Popolopen Bridge.

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