West Point
West Point is a census-designated place in Orange County, New York, United States. It is the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States.Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 6,760 residents
- Description: census-designated place in the U.S. state of New York
- Also known as: “West Point, New York”, “West Point, NY”, and “Westpoint”
- Postal codes: 10996 and 10997
Places of Interest
Highlights include West Point and Kosciuszko’s Garden.
West Point
University
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The United States Military Academy, commonly known as West Point, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York, that educates cadets for service as commissioned officers in the United States Army.
Kosciuszko’s Garden
Park
Photo: Ahodges7, Public domain.
Kosciuszko's Garden is a small retreat garden built by Tadeusz Kosciuszko on the side of a cliff overlooking the Hudson River at West Point, New York. First constructed in 1778, it still offers visitors and cadets a place of quiet tranquility during the warmer months.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garrison and Highland Falls.
Garrison
Hamlet
Garrison is a hamlet in Putnam County, New York, United States. It is part of the town of Philipstown, on the east side of the Hudson River, across from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Highland Falls
Village
Photo: Alexisrael, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Highland Falls, formerly named Buttermilk Falls, is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,684 at the 2020 census. The village was founded in 1906. Highland Falls is situated 1½ miles south of West Point.
Cold Spring
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cold Spring is a village in Putnam County in the state of New York in the United States of America. Its location in the scenic Hudson Highlands and proximity to a commuter railroad makes it a popular weekend escape from New York City.
West Point
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“West Point” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վեստ Փոյնթ”
- Asturian: “West Point”
- Azerbaijani: “Uest-Poynt”
- Basque: “West Point”
- Belarusian: “Вест-Пойнт”
- Bulgarian: “Уест Пойнт”
- Catalan: “West Point”
- Cebuano: “West Point”
- Chinese: “West Point”
- Chinese: “西点”
- Chinese: “西點”
- Czech: “West Point”
- Danish: “West Point”
- Dutch: “West Point”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويست بوينت، نيو يورك”
- Esperanto: “Uesta Punkto”
- French: “West Point”
- Galician: “West Point, Nova York”
- Galician: “West Point”
- Georgian: “ვესტ-პოინტი”
- German: “West Point”
- Gilaki: “وست پؤینت (نيۊیؤرک)”
- Gilaki: “وست پؤینت”
- Greek: “Ουέστ Πόιντ”
- Hebrew: “וסט פוינט”
- Irish: “West Point”
- Italian: “West Point”
- Japanese: “ウェスト・ポイント”
- Japanese: “ウェストポイント”
- Korean: “웨스트포인트”
- Ladin: “West Point”
- Latin: “Promontorium Occidentale”
- Luxembourgish: “West Point”
- Min Nan Chinese: “West Point”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Point”
- Norwegian: “West Point”
- Ossetian: “Уэст-Пойнт”
- Persian: “وست پوینت، نیویورک”
- Persian: “وست پوینت”
- Polish: “West Point”
- Portuguese: “West Point”
- Romanian: “West Point, New York”
- Romanian: “West Point”
- Russian: “Вест-Пойнт”
- Russian: “Уэст-Пойнт”
- Serbian: “Вест Поинт”
- Serbian: “Вест Појнт”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Point, New York”
- Serbo-Croatian: “West Point”
- Slovak: “West Point”
- Slovenian: “West Point”
- South Azerbaijani: “وست پوینت، نیویورک”
- Spanish: “West Point (Nueva York)”
- Spanish: “West Point”
- Swedish: “West Point, New York”
- Swedish: “West Point”
- Tatar: “Вест-Пойнт”
- Ukrainian: “Вест-Пойнт”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ پوائنٹ، نیو یارک”
- Volapük: “West Point”
- Welsh: “West Point”
- Western Frisian: “West Point”
- “West Point”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Doubleday Field and The Parade.
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