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Pollepel Island. Coordinates: 41°27′19″N 73°59′20″W. The island and castle viewed from atop Breakneck Ridge. Pollepel Island / pɒlɪˈpɛl / is a 6.5-acre (26,000 m 2) uninhabited island in the Hudson River in New York, United States. The principal feature on the island is Bannerman's Castle, an abandoned military surplus warehouse.
A site steeped in history, Pollepel Island — also known as Bannerman’s Island — is home to Bannerman Castle, an abandoned military surplus warehouse. The castle, built by Francis Bannerman ...
The Hudson River Chains were a series of chain booms constructed across the Hudson River at West Point by Continental Army forces from 1776 to 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. These served as defenses preventing British naval vessels from sailing upriver and were overseen by the Highlands Department of the Continental Army .
Park Island, also called Island Park – a former island that hosted the Albany County Agricultural Fair in 1865, had a racetrack in 1866, and an addition of a baseball diamond and clubhouse in 1885. Pollepel Island, known for Bannerman's Castle serving as a tourist attraction within the Hudson Valley.
Bannerman's Castle on Pollepel Island Pollepel Island , while accessible by water a short distance from the east bank of the river, is the only area of the park to which access is restricted. It and the ruins of Bannerman's Castle, listed on the National Register of Historic Places , can only be visited by making advance arrangements through ...
Wilkinson Memorial Trail. 1,660 feet (510 m) loss. The Wilkinson Memorial Trail is a public footpath in the Hudson Highlands region of the U.S. state of New York. It generally follows the Dutchess – Putnam county line along the latter's northwest corner, from the banks of the Hudson River near Breakneck Ridge to North Highland, [1] just south ...
Prior to European exploration, the Hudson Highlands were inhabited by Native American Lenape people. Henry Hudson and his crew on the Half Moon were the first Europeans known to see the Highlands when they explored the river in 1609. Map of West Point fortifications from 1775–1783, depicting the positioning of the Hudson River Chain, 1778-1782.
Bannerman's Island is in the front. New Windsor, the city of Newburgh and the bridge are visible, with the Shawangunks and Catskill peaks around Slide Mountain in the distance. Newburgh Bay is a feature of the Hudson River's west bank, located approximately 60 miles (105 km) north of New York City.