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West Point - Nearby Destinations
Tourist destinations to consider near West Point are listed below. Click on any name for complete information.
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Hyde Park
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Population: 21,000
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Hyde Park is famous for the homes of wealthy former residents,
including Franklin Roosevelt and the Vanderbilts. |
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Kingston
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Population: 24,000
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Once the capital of New York, Kingston now sits among rugged hills
like a tiny morsel of history clinging to a past that no longer fits
in today’s world. Dating back to 1658, the Stockade section of the
village is the main come on to tourists passing through the area. |
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New York City
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Population: 8.1 million
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New York City is the epicenter of finance, business, publishing, the
arts, real estate and just about everything else. It represents a
mind-boggling abundance of opportunities, experiences, sights and
sounds. With a combined population of over eight million people in the
five boroughs, it’s the largest city in the country and ranks among
the top ten largest in the world. |
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Newburgh
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Population: 28,000
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Newburgh was once a great seafaring and manufacturing center that grew
rich from the Hudson River and its shipping trades. When highways
replaced waterways as the main thoroughfare for trade, however,
businesses busted and the city faced sudden death. But, with extensive
restoration in the last few years, Newburgh is experiencing an
exciting re-birth. |
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Poughkeepsie
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Population: 42,000
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Poughkeepsie has been a town in decline in recent years, but a surge
of revitalization in its historic downtown district and active
artistic and cultural events mean the town's glory days may not yet be
over. |
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Sleepy Hollow/Tarrytown
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Population: 12,000
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It was the home of Washington Irving and the topic of his tale The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow; it is the final resting place of such
American greats as Andrew Carnegie and William Rockefeller; and it was
the capture site of conspirator Major John Andre, cohort to the
traitor Benedict Arnold. Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, once known as
North Tarrytown, are one of the greatest draws to tourism in the
Hudson River Valley. |
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Yonkers
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Population: 200,000
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Yonkers has earned its stars historically as a major industrial city;
and it remains today as the fourth largest city in New York state, a
top manufacturing center, and home to over 200,000 people. Its
population portrays the true meaning of America as a ‘melting pot’
with its diverse ethnic cultures derived from a long history of
immigration. |
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