Jones Point, New York

Jones Point
hamlet
Jones Point Location of Jones Point in New York
Coordinates: 41°17′10.16″N 73°57′22.77″W / 41.2861556°N 73.9563250°W / 41.2861556; -73.9563250Coordinates: 41°17′10.16″N 73°57′22.77″W / 41.2861556°N 73.9563250°W / 41.2861556; -73.9563250
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Rockland

Jones Point is a hamlet located in the town of Stony Point in Rockland County in the state of New York, United States. Located north of Tomkins Cove; east of Bear Mountain State Park; south of Iona Island; and west of the Hudson River. It is directly across the Hudson River from the city of Peekskill and lies at the foot of Dunderberg Mountain.

Although it is located in primarily suburban Rockland County, the hamlet is rural in character, making it an exurb of New York City. Over 85% of the hamlet is part of the Bear Mountain State Park.

The Hudson River National Defense Reserve Fleet was located off Jones Point from 1946 until 1971. It spanned from there to Tomkins Cove.

References

Municipalities and communities of Rockland County, New York, United States

County seat: New City

Towns	Clarkstown Haverstraw Orangetown Ramapo Stony Point

Villages	Airmont Chestnut Ridge Grand View-on-Hudson Haverstraw Hillburn Kaser Montebello New Hempstead New Square Nyack Piermont Pomona Sloatsburg South Nyack Spring Valley Suffern Upper Nyack Wesley Hills West Haverstraw

CDPs	Bardonia Blauvelt Congers Hillcrest Monsey Mount Ivy Nanuet New City Orangeburg Pearl River Sparkill Stony Point Tappan Thiells Valley Cottage Viola West Nyack

Other hamlets	Centenary Central Nyack Doodletown Garnerville Grassy Point Johnsontown Jones Point Ladentown Middletown Nauraushaun Palisades Rockland Lake Sandyfield Sickletown St. John's in the Wilderness Sterlington Tallman Tomkins Cove

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