Shandaken
Shandaken is a town on the northern border of Ulster County, New York, United States, northwest of Kingston, New York. As of the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 2,866. The name is believed to be from an Esopus phrase for "land of rapid waters."…- Type: Village with 2,870 residents
- Description: town in New York
- Also known as: “Great Shandaken”, “Shandaken Center”, “Shandaken, New York”, “Shandaken, NY”, and “Шандакен”
- Postal code: 12480
Places of Interest
Highlights: Garfield Mountain.
Garfield Mountain
Peak
Garfield Mountain is a mountain located in the… Garfield Mountain is situated 2½ miles southeast of Shandaken.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pine Hill and Chichester.
Pine Hill
Hamlet
Pine Hill is a hamlet in the western part of the town… Pine Hill is situated 4½ miles west of Shandaken.
Chichester
Hamlet
The hamlet of Chichester, New York, formerly referred… Chichester is situated 4½ miles east of Shandaken.
Phoenicia
Village
Phoenicia is a hamlet of Shandaken in Ulster County, New York, United States. Phoenicia is situated 5 miles southeast of Shandaken.
Shandaken
- Categories: town in the United States, town of New York, and locality
- Location: Town of Shandaken, Ulster County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.12009° or 42° 7′ 12″ north
Longitude
-74.39508° or 74° 23′ 42″ west
Population
2,870
Elevation
1,056 feet (322 metres)
Open location code
87J74JC3+2X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Shandaken” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Shandaken”
- Bavarian: “Highmount”
- Chechen: “Шандекен”
- Chinese: “尚代肯 (紐約州)”
- Chinese: “尚代肯”
- French: “Shandaken”
- German: “Shandaken”
- Haitian: “Shandaken, New York”
- Haitian: “Shandaken”
- Hungarian: “Shandaken”
- Italian: “Shandaken”
- Japanese: “シャンデークン”
- Mazanderani: “شاندیکن (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “شاندیکن”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shandaken”
- Norwegian: “Shandaken”
- Polish: “Shandaken”
- South Azerbaijani: “شاندئیکن، نیویورک”
- Spanish: “Shandaken”
- Tatar: “Шандекен”
- Turkish: “Shandaken”
- Ukrainian: “Шандекен”
- Urdu: “شینڈیکن، نیویارک”
- Uzbek: “Shandaken”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Allaben and Panther Mountain Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Shandaken Post Office and Glenbrook Park.
Ulster County: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Kingston and Woodstock.
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