Rattlesnake Hill

Rattlesnake Hill is a peak in Highlands, Orange County, New York and has an elevation of 1,407 feet. Rattlesnake Hill is situated nearby to the village Highland Falls, as well as near the town Cornwall.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Michie Stadium and West Point Cemetery.

Michie Stadium

Stadium

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Michie Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. The home field for the Army Black Knights, it opened in 1924 and has a seating capacity of 30,000 for the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

West Point Cemetery

Cemetery

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West Point Cemetery is a historic cemetery on the grounds of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, United States. It overlooks the Hudson River, and served as a burial ground for Continental Army soldiers during the American Revolutionary War, and for early West Point residents prior to its designation as a military cemetery in 1817.

West Point Mint

Building

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The West Point Mint is a U.S. Mint production and depository facility erected in 1937 near the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. As of July 2025, the facility held 54,067,331 troy ounces fine gold.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Highland Falls and Cornwall.

Highland Falls

Village

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Highland Falls, formerly named Buttermilk Falls, is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,684 at the 2020 census. The village was founded in 1906.

Cornwall

Town

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cornwall is a town in Orange County, New York, United States, approximately 50 miles north of New York City on the western shore of the Hudson River. As of the 2020 census, the population was at 12,884.

Firthcliffe

Locality

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Firthcliffe is a hamlet in Orange County, New York United States. The population was 5,022 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.

Rattlesnake Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,407 feet
Description: mountain in Orange County, New York, United States of America
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Highlands, Orange County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.39482° or 41° 23′ 41″ north

Longitude

-74.00625° or 74° 0′ 23″ west

Elevation

1,407 feet (429 metres)

Open location code

87H79XVV+WF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357581664

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

5133459

Wikidata ID

Q34829589

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Cebuano: “Rattlesnake Hill”

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