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The Wallkill near floodstage in September 2006, in the National Wildlife Preserve, in Sussex County, NJ. The bridge has since been removed. The broad valley of the Wallkill River nestles between the main Appalachian Mountains and the New York-New Jersey Highlands, supporting much local agriculture. It is a part of the Great Appalachian Valley.
The Dwaar Kill is a 17-mile-long (27 km) [1] tributary of the Wallkill River that drains a 28-square-mile (73 km 2) area [2] of Orange and Ulster counties in the U.S. state of New York. It is the Wallkill's second-longest tributary after the Shawangunk Kill , whose course it parallels somewhat to the east.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 62.8 square miles (163 km 2) of which 62.2 square miles (161 km 2) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km 2) (0.92%) is water. Wallkill is bordered by the towns of Hamptonburgh and Montgomery on the east, Crawford on the north, Mamakating and Mount Hope on the west, and ...
The land in between is the valley of the Wallkill River. In the southern portion of the county the Wallkill valley expands into a wide glacial lake bed known as the Black Dirt Region for its fertility. The highest point is Schunemunk Mountain, at 1,664 feet (507 m) above sea level. The lowest is sea level along the Hudson.
The city is nearly surrounded by the town of Wallkill, except for its southernmost section, which is in the town of Wawayanda. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.2 square miles (13.3 km 2), of which 5.1 square miles (13.3 km 2) is land and 0.19% is water.
Fire Island is not a separate town, but its villages are listed here due to its geographical isolation. Villages in the Town of Islip: Ocean Beach, Saltaire; Hamlets in the Town of Brookhaven: Cherry Grove (a.k.a. Fire Island), Fire Island Pines.
The Shawangunk Kill is a 47.2-mile-long (76.0 km) [1] stream that flows northward through Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties, New York, in the United States. It is the largest tributary of the Wallkill River. It takes its name from the neighboring Shawangunk Ridge, where it rises in the town of Greenville, then flowing down into the valley ...
The Wallkill Public Library. Wallkill is a hamlet (and census-designated place), generally identified as coterminous with ZIP Code 12589, telephone exchange 895 in the 845 area code and most of the Wallkill Central School District located mostly in the eastern half of the town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York, United States, but partly spilling over into adjacent regions of the Orange ...