Purgatory Swamp

Purgatory Swamp is in Orange County, New York. Purgatory Swamp is situated nearby to the village Hamptonburgh, as well as near the neighborhood Ridgeview Estates.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Campbell Hall station and Tomahawk Lake.

Campbell Hall station

Railway station

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Campbell Hall station is an active commuter railroad station in the town of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New York. Located south of the eponymous hamlet of Campbell Hall at the end of Watkins Drive, a driveway off Egbertson Road, the station services trains of Metro-North Railroad's Port Jervis Line.

Tomahawk Lake

Reservoir

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tomahawk Lake is a lake located in the town of Blooming Grove, New York, United States. It is a reservoir, created in 1929 by damming Cromline Creek, which converges with Otter Kill elsewhere in the town to form Moodna Creek, a tributary of the Hudson River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hamptonburgh and Maybrook.

Hamptonburgh

Village

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hamptonburgh is a town located in the north central part of Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 5,489 at the 2020 census. The municipal offices are at the hamlet of Campbell Hall.

Maybrook

Village

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Maybrook is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,150 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. Maybrook is situated 5 miles northeast of Purgatory Swamp.

Washingtonville

Town

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Washingtonville is a village in the town of Blooming Grove, New York, United States. The population was 5,657 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area. Washingtonville is situated 5 miles east of Purgatory Swamp.

Purgatory Swamp

Type: Wetland
Address: NY
Category: body of water
Location: Orange County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.42343° or 41° 25′ 24″ north

Longitude

-74.2646° or 74° 15′ 53″ west

Elevation

358 feet (109 metres)

Open location code

87H7CPFP+95

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369040702

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wetland

GeoNames ID

5133155

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Highlights include Hamptonburgh Cemetery and Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery.

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