Tomkins Lake

Tomkins Lake is in Rockland County, Downstate New York, New York. Tomkins Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Buckberg, as well as near the village Tomkins Cove.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dunderberg Mountain and Stony Point Light.

Dunderberg Mountain

Peak

Dunderberg Mountain is a 1,086-foot mountain on the west bank of the Hudson River at the southern end of the Hudson Highlands. It lies just above Jones Point, New York, within Bear Mountain State Park and the town of Stony Point in Rockland County, New York.

The Stony Point Light is the oldest lighthouse on the Hudson River. It is located at the Stony Point Battlefield in Stony Point, New York. The lighthouse was built in 1826 by Thomas Phillips, to warn ships away from the rocks of the Stony Point peninsula. Stony Point Light is situated 2½ miles southeast of Tomkins Lake.

Indian Point Energy Center

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Indian Point Energy Center is a defunct three-unit nuclear power station located in Buchanan, just south of Peekskill, in Westchester County, New York. Indian Point Energy Center is situated 2 miles east of Tomkins Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tomkins Cove and Jones Point.

Tomkins Cove

Village

Photo: Disputantum, Public domain.

Tomkins Cove is a hamlet in the Town of Stony Point, Rockland County, New York, United States, located north of Stony Point; east of Harriman State Park; south of Doodletown and west of the Hudson River.

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 2 miles northeast of Tomkins Lake.

Verplanck

Village

Verplanck is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Verplanck had a population of 1,535. Verplanck is situated 2 miles southeast of Tomkins Lake.

Tomkins Lake

Type: Body of water
Location: Rockland County, Downstate New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.27157° or 41° 16′ 18″ north

Longitude

-73.99057° or 73° 59′ 26″ west

Elevation

410 feet (125 metres)

Open location code

87H872C5+JQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 68840473

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

5141143

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

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