Highlands, New York

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Highlands, New York is a town in Orange County best known for encompassing the United States Military Academy at West Point and several historic Hudson River fortifications.

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Highlands, New York canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
adjacentTo Cornwall, New York
Philipstown, New York
linked to: Town of Philipstown

Putnam County, New York
Rockland County, New York
linked to: Rockland County

Stony Point, New York
Woodbury, New York
contains Bear Mountain State Park (part)
Fort Clinton (Hudson River) site
linked to: Fort Clinton

Fort Montgomery State Historic Site
Michie Stadium
Storm King Highway (NY 218)
Thayer Hotel
Trophy Point
United States Military Academy
West Point Cemetery
West Point Museum
West Point, New York
country United States of America
county Orange County, New York
crossedBy New York State Route 218
Palisades Interstate Parkway (northern terminus vicinity)
U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 9W
governmentType town government
hasAreaCode 845
hasFeature Hudson River shoreline
rugged mountainous terrain
hasSettlement hamlet of Fort Montgomery, New York
hamlet of West Point, New York
village of Highland Falls, New York
hasZIPCode 10922
10928
10996
historicalSignificance location of West Point fortifications during American Revolutionary War
site of Revolutionary War Hudson River fortifications
locatedIn Hudson Valley
locatedNear Bear Mountain Bridge
Hudson Highlands
locatedOn Hudson River
namedFor Hudson Highlands
partOf New York–Newark–Jersey City Metropolitan Statistical Area
postalNameIncludes Highland Falls
state New York
timezone Eastern Time Zone

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Fort Montgomery, New York town Highlands, New York
Crow’s Nest locatedIn Highlands, New York
subject linked to: Crow’s Nest (mountain)
Constitution Island batteries nearbyCity Highlands, New York