West Point Cemetery
West Point Cemetery is a historic cemetery on the grounds of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, United States. 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.
Photo: Ahodges7, Public domain.- 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 Jewish Chapel.
West Point
Military installation
West Point Jewish Chapel
Synagogue
Photo: Ahodges7, Public domain.Michie Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garrison and Cold Spring.
Garrison
Village
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. Garrison is situated 1½ miles southeast of West Point Cemetery.
Cold Spring
Highland Falls
Village
West Point Cemetery
- Categories: war 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″ north
Longitude
-73.96741° or 73° 58′ 3″ west
Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)
Open location code
87H892XM+G2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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Satellite Map
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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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