Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge
The Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge located in Ulster County, New York, United States. Formerly the Galeville Military Airport, it was decommissioned in 1994 and turned over to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1999.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Shawangunk Correctional Facility.
Shawangunk Correctional Facility
Prison
Shawangunk Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison for males located in the Town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York in the United States. The facility lies just outside the Ulster County hamlet of Wallkill, whose post office serves it.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wallkill and Watchtower.
Wallkill
Village
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Wallkill is a hamlet, generally identified as coterminous with ZIP Code 12589, telephone exchange 895 in the 845 area code and most of the Wallkill Central School District located mostly in the eastern half of the town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York, United States, but partly spilling over into adjacent regions of the Orange County towns of Newburgh and Montgomery.
Watchtower
Village
Watchtower is a hamlet located in the Town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 1,709 at the 2020 census. It is owned and operated by the Watchtower Society and has been in operation since 1963.
Pine Bush
Village
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Pine Bush is a hamlet located in the town of Crawford and adjacent to Shawangunk, New York, within Orange and adjacent to Ulster counties in the U.S. It is roughly coterminous with the 12566 ZIP code and 744 telephone exchange in the 845 area code. Pine Bush is situated 5 miles southwest of Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge.
Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: protected area in Ulster County, New York
- Categories: National Wildlife Refuge and recreation area
- Location: Ulster County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.63729° or 41° 38′ 14″ northLongitude
-74.2087° or 74° 12′ 31″ westElevation
328 feet (100 metres)Open location code
87H7JQPR+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 349308143OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveGeoNames ID
7235098Wikidata ID
Q7491222
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Chinese—“Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge”
- Chinese: “香光草原國家野生動物保護區”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Galeville and Bruynswick.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Galeville Park and Bruynswick Cemetery.
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