Thompson Pond
Thompson Pond in Pine Plains, New York is a 75-acre 15,000-year-old glacial kettle pond at the foot of 1,403-foot Stissing Mountain. It is the source of Wappinger Creek, a tributary of the Hudson River that drains much of Dutchess County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stissing Mountain and Graham-Brush Log House.
Stissing Mountain
Peak
Stissing Mountain, with an elevation of 1,403 feet, lies in northern Dutchess County, New York, where it rises about 1,000 feet above its local footings.
Graham-Brush Log House
Historic building
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Graham-Brush Log House is a historic home located in the Town of Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in about 1776 and is a two-room log structure with a wood frame lean-to on its rear elevation. Graham-Brush Log House is situated 1½ miles northeast of Thompson Pond.
The Pines
Historic building
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pines is a historic home located at the hamlet of Pine Plains in the town of Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1878 and is a large 2-story frame residence with a 1+1⁄2-story service wing designed in the Stick-Eastlake style. The Pines is situated 2 miles northeast of Thompson Pond.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shekomeko and Milan.
Shekomeko
Hamlet
Shekomeko was a historic hamlet in the southwestern part of the town of North East, New York, United States) in present-day Dutchess County. It was a village of the Mahican people. Shekomeko is situated 4½ miles southeast of Thompson Pond.
Milan
Village
Photo: Bjeffway, Public domain.
Milan is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,245, slightly down from 2,370 in 2010. Milan is located approximately 90 miles north of New York City, 60 miles south of Albany, and 150 miles west of Boston. Milan is situated 6 miles west of Thompson Pond.
Bangall
Hamlet
Bangall is a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The community is 6.2 miles north of Millbrook. Bangall has a post office with ZIP code 12506, which opened on August 8, 1851. Bangall is situated 6 miles south of Thompson Pond.
Thompson Pond
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in New York, United States
- Category: lake
- Location: Dutchess County, Mid-Hudson and Catskills, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.96225° or 41° 57′ 44″ northLongitude
-73.67856° or 73° 40′ 43″ westElevation
449 feet (137 metres)Open location code
87H8X86C+VHOpenStreetMap ID
way 226924459OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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- Cebuano: “Thompson Pond”
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