Amawalk Reservoir Vacation and Resort Properties

This reservoir is located near Shenorock, NY.

 

 

Amawalk Reservoir The Amawalk Reservoir on the Muscoot River, is in central-northern Westchester County, New York, about 32 miles north of New York City. It was built in 1897.

 

Nearby Attractions

Weir Farm National Historic Site (14 miles)

How does our environment influence our creativity? Weir Farm National Historic Site is a place where visitors and artists can explore this question in various ways.

To American Impressionist painter J. Alden Weir (1852 ? 1919), his beloved Connecticut farm provided him with the means to explore his emotional and spiritual impressions of nature. Weir and his contemporaries (such as Childe Hassam and John Twachtman) were inspired by French Impressionism?s emphasis on painting outdoors and... More

 
Western Connecticut State University (16 miles)

Western Connecticut State University (WCSU), founded in 1903, is located in Danbury, a major city in Fairfield County in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, 65 miles north of Manhattan and 50 miles west of Hartford. WCSU's rural 364 acre Westside campus complements its 34 acre Midtown campus in the heart of downtown Danbury. Constant planning, evaluation, and improvement of programs and curriculum sharpen WCSU's "edge of excellence" and keep it responsive to the progressive community... More

 
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site (26 miles)

This 18th-century church is one of New York's oldest parishes (1665-1980). It was used as a hospital following the important Revolutionary War Battle at Pell's Point in 1776, and was the scene of various military developments for the next six years. The church stood at the edge of Eastchester village green, the site of the "Great Election"(1733), which raised the issues of Freedom of Religion and Press. The adjoining cemetery contains burials dating from 1704.

Increasing industrialization of... More

 
Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge (30 miles)

The Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge is located on the north shore of Long Island, 25 miles east of New York City.

This 80-acre refuge is composed of mature oak-hickory forest, a half-mile rocky beach, a brackish pond, and several vernal ponds. The land and waters support a variety of songbirds (particularly warblers during spring migration), mammals, shorebirds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. During the colder months, diving ducks are common offshore, while harbor seals occasionally use... More

 

 

 

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