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.
- Type: Locality with 6,760 residents
- Description: census-designated place in the U.S. state of New York
- Also known as: “West Point (Nueva York)”, “West Point, New York”, “West Point, Nova York”, “West Point, NY”, and “Westpoint”
- Postal codes: 10996 and 10997
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kosciuszko’s Garden and West Point Cadet Chapel.
Kosciuszko’s Garden
Park
Photo: Ahodges7, Public domain.West Point Cadet Chapel
Church
Photo: Ahodges7, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garrison and Highland Falls.
Highland Falls
Village
Cold Spring
West Point
Latitude
41.39148° or 41° 23′ 29″ north
Longitude
-73.95597° or 73° 57′ 22″ west
Population
6,760
Elevation
154 feet (47 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US WOT
Open location code
87H892RV+HJ
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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: “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”
- 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”
- Polish: “West Point”
- Portuguese: “West Point”
- Romanian: “West Point, New York”
- Romanian: “West Point”
- Russian: “Уест 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”
- 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
Places to explore: North Dock and Glenclyffe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Doubleday Field and The Parade.
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Worth a closer look: Newburgh and Middletown.
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