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Battles of the American Revolution
Battle of Stony Point
Date: July 16th, 1779
Between: British against the American Continental Army
Location: Stony Point, New York
The Stony Point Battlefield marks the "Battle of Stony Point" and the victory of the American light infantry over the British in a daring midnight raid.
Visit the site of the Battle of Stony Point, one of the last major Revolutionary War battles in the northeastern colonies. This is where Brigadier General Anthony Wayne led his corps of Continental Light Infantry in a daring midnight attack on the British, seizing the site's fortifications and taking the British garrison as prisoners on July 16, 1779.
By the late 1770s, the war had been raging for four years and both sides were eager for a conclusion. Sir Henry Clinton, commander of the British forces in America, attempted to coerce General George Washington into one decisive battle to control the Hudson River. As part of his strategy, Clinton fortified Stony Point. Washington devised a plan for Wayne to lead an attack on the fort. Armed with bayonets only, the infantry captured the fort in short order, ending British control of the river.
The site features a museum, which offers exhibits on the battle and the 1826 Stony Point Lighthouse, as well as interpretive programs, such as reenactments highlighting 18th century military life, cannon and musket firings, cooking demonstrations, and children's activities.
Attractions Include
Children's Activities
Costumed Interpreters
Demonstrations
Educational Services
Group Tours
Museum and Visitors Center
Picnic Area
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BHG Rand Realty - Stony Point
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845-786-3333
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BHG Rand Realty of Stony Point is located at 50 South Liberty Drive, Stony Point, NY 10980 in Rockland County. Rand Realty offers real estate services in the towns of Pearl River, Orangeburg, Blauvelt, Tappan, Palisades, Chestnut Ridge and all of Rockland County.
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Department of Environmental Conservation
A Hudson River boat launch is located at Lake Welch in Stony Point, Rockland County.
Features
Hard surface ramp
Parking = 10 cars and trailers
Electric motors. Permit and key required, available from park manager of Beaver Pond Campground.
Location
Harriman State Park. On Route 106, 6 miles west of Stony Point
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Boat Launch
Hudson River Towns
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845-947-7085
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Patriot Hills Golf Club is a 195-acre, 18-hole golf course located at 19 Clubhouse Lane, Stony Point, NY 10980. The township, enacted by the New York State Legislature on March 2O, 1865, is named for the Revolutionary War fort led by General Anthony Wayne and his patriot troops that was captured during a battle in July 1779. The Stony Point Battlefield later became home to the first lighthouse erected along the Hudson River in 1826.
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Golf Course Attractions
Golf Club
18-hole regulation length course
Back tees = 6502 yards / par 71
Course rating / slope = 70.7 / 137
Greens = Bent grass
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Club rental
Carts - riding cart rental
Dress code
Driving range (lit at night)
Lessons
Locker rooms
Pro shop
Practice green
Restaurant
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Hudson River Towns
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Rite Aid - Stony Point, 166 S. Liberty Drive
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845-942-2121
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Rite Aid Pharmacy
166 South Liberty Drive
Stony Point, NY 10980
Rockland County
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Category: Pharmacy | Drug Stores | Drugstores
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The Stony Point lighthouse was built in 1826, and is the oldest lighthouse on the Hudson River. In October, 1995, the lighthouse was restored, relighted, and re-opened to the public for the first time since 1925; when it was decommissioned after having served for nearly one hundred years. The Stony Point lighthouse marked the danger to ships of a rocky promontory, the Stony Point peninsula.
The top of a lighthouse is called the lantern. The inside of a lantern is called the lens. In 1856, a fifth-order Fresnel lens was installed and a larger, fourth-order lens installed in 1902. The lens in use now is a period fourth-order lens on loan from the United States Coast Guard.
Lighthouses were operated by keepers who had to make sure that the lights were burning and fogbells were ringing in bad weather. A keeper's house was either built into a lighthouse or constructed separately close by. Nancy Rose, the Keeper of the Stony Point lighthouse, kept the light for 47 years, from 1857 to her death in 1904.
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