Vails Gate Junction
Vails Gate Junction is a hamlet in Town of New Windsor, Orange County, New York. Vails Gate Junction is situated nearby to the hamlet Firthcliffe Heights, as well as near Meadowbrook.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: populated place in Orange County, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Vails Gate Junction, New York” and “Vails Gate Junction, NY”
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 2 miles southeast of Vails Gate Junction.
Lake Washington
Reservoir
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Washington is the primary reservoir for the city of Newburgh, New York, United States. It is located just southwest of the city, lying partially within it and the neighboring towns of Newburgh and New Windsor. Lake Washington is situated 2 miles north of Vails Gate Junction.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vails Gate and Cornwall.
Vails Gate
Village
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-New York metropolitan area.
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 Junction.
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 Junction.
Vails Gate Junction
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Town of New Windsor, Orange County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.46009° or 41° 27′ 36″ northLongitude
-74.06153° or 74° 3′ 42″ westElevation
279 feet (85 metres)Open location code
87H7FW6Q+29OpenStreetMap ID
node 158853267OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5142074Wikidata ID
Q122544945
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