West Point Cemetery
West Point Cemetery is a historic cemetery on the grounds of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. It overlooks the Hudson River, and served as a burial ground for Continental Army soldiers during the American Revolutionary War, and for early West Point residents prior to its designation as a military cemetery in 1817.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery on the grounds of the military academy in West Point, New York, United States
- Also known as: “U.S. Military Academy Cemetery”, “United States Military Academy Cemetery”, “United States Military Academy Post Cemetery”, and “West Point National Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include West Point and West Point.
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. West Point is situated 2,300 feet south of West Point Cemetery.
West Point
Military installation
Photo: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. West Point is situated 3,700 feet east of West Point Cemetery.
West Point Jewish Chapel
Synagogue
Photo: Ahodges7, Public domain.
The West Point Jewish Chapel is an unaffiliated Jewish congregation, synagogue, and chapel for United States Military Academy cadets and faculty and members of the community, located on the Academy's campus in West Point, New York, in the United States. West Point Jewish Chapel is situated 2,400 feet southeast of West Point Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garrison and Cold Spring.
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.
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.
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 2 miles south of West Point Cemetery.
West Point Cemetery
- Categories: military cemetery and burial
- Location: Highlands, Orange County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.39879° or 41° 23′ 56″ northLongitude
-73.96741° or 73° 58′ 3″ westElevation
164 feet (50 metres)Open location code
87H892XM+G2OpenStreetMap ID
way 328320019OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“West Point Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقبرة ويست بوينت”
- Armenian: “Ուեսթ Փոյնթ գերեզմանատուն”
- Belarusian: “Могілкі Вэст-Пойнт”
- Belarusian: “могілкі Ўэст Пойнт”
- Belarusian: “могілкі Ўэст Пойнту”
- Belarusian: “могілкі Ўэст-Пойнт”
- Catalan: “cementeri de West Point”
- Chinese: “西点公墓”
- Chinese: “西點公墓”
- Chinese: “西點墓園”
- Chinese: “西點軍人公墓”
- Czech: “hřbitov ve West Pointu”
- Danish: “West Point Cemetery”
- Dutch: “West Point Cemetery”
- French: “cimetière de West Point”
- French: “Cimetière de West Point”
- Galician: “cemiterio de West Point”
- German: “West-Point-Soldatenfriedhof”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות וסט פוינט”
- Hungarian: “West Point Temető”
- Irish: “Reilig West Point”
- Italian: “cimitero di West Point”
- Italian: “Cimitero di West Point”
- Japanese: “ウェスト・ポイント墓地”
- Japanese: “ウエスト・ポイント墓地”
- Japanese: “ウェストポイント墓地”
- Japanese: “ウエストポイント墓地”
- Luxembourgish: “Kierfecht vu West Point”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “West Point Cemetery”
- Polish: “West Point Cemetery”
- Portuguese: “Cemitério de West Point”
- Russian: “Кладбище Вест-Пойнт”
- Russian: “Кладбище Уэст-Пойнт”
- Slovenian: “West Point Cemetery”
- Spanish: “Cementerio de West Point”
- Swedish: “West Point Cemetery”
- Ukrainian: “Цвинтар Вест-Пойнт”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West Point Cemetery”. Photo: Ahodges7, Public domain.