Vails Gate
Vails Gate is a hamlet in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,368 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 3,370 residents
- Description: human settlement in New Windsor, New York, United States of America
- Also known as: “Vail Gate”, “Vail’s Gate”, “Vailgate”, “Vails Gate, New York”, and “Vailsgate”
- Postal code: 12584
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knox’s Headquarters State Historic Site and Sands Ring Homestead Museum.
Knox’s Headquarters State Historic Site
Park
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site, in the town of New Windsor, New York, consists of the Georgian house of the Ellison family, built in 1754 by immigrant William Bull of Hamptonburgh, New York, and the grounds around it.
Sands Ring Homestead Museum
Museum
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sands Ring Homestead Museum is a historic house located on Main Street in the Town of Cornwall, in Orange County, New York. It was built in 1760 by Nathaniel Sands for his cousin Comfort Sands. Sands Ring Homestead Museum is situated 1½ miles southeast of Vails Gate.
Cornwall Friends Meeting House
Church
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cornwall Friends Meeting House is a historic meeting house located on a 5.4-acre parcel of land at the junction of Quaker Avenue and US 9W in Cornwall, New York, United States, near Cornwall-St. Cornwall Friends Meeting House is situated 1½ miles southeast of Vails Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cornwall and Firthcliffe.
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. Cornwall is situated 2 miles southeast of Vails Gate.
Firthcliffe
Locality
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. Firthcliffe is situated 2 miles southeast of Vails Gate.
Cornwall-on-Hudson
Village
Photo: Jon Platek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cornwall-on-Hudson is a riverfront village in the town of Cornwall, Orange County, New York, United States. It lies on the west bank of the Hudson River, approximately 50 miles north of New York City. Cornwall-on-Hudson is situated 2½ miles east of Vails Gate.
Vails Gate
Latitude
41.45426° or 41° 27′ 15″ northLongitude
-74.05764° or 74° 3′ 28″ westPopulation
3,370Elevation
282 feet (86 metres)United Nations Location Code
US VAIOpen location code
87H7FW3R+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 158860372OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Vails Gate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فيلس غاتي”
- Catalan: “Vails Gate”
- Cebuano: “Vails Gate”
- Chinese: “韋爾斯蓋特 (紐約州)”
- Chinese: “韋爾斯蓋特”
- French: “Vails Gate”
- German: “Vails Gate”
- Gilaki: “ویلز گیت (نيۊیؤرک)”
- Gilaki: “ویلز گیت”
- Irish: “Vails Gate”
- Italian: “Vails Gate”
- Ladin: “Vails Gate”
- Malagasy: “Vails Gate, New York”
- Malagasy: “Vails Gate”
- Persian: “ویلز گیت، نیویورک”
- Persian: “ویلز گیت”
- Polish: “Vails Gate”
- Serbian: “Вејл Гејт”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vails Gate, New York”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vails Gate”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویلز قیت، نیویورک”
- Spanish: “Vails Gate”
- Tatar: “Вейл-Гейт”
- Ukrainian: “Вейл-Гейт”
- Volapük: “Vails Gate, New York”
- Volapük: “Vails Gate”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Firthcliffe Heights and Vails Gate Junction.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Edmonston House and Vails Gate United Methodist Church.
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