THE HIGHLAND FALLS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Reading Prong/Hudson Highlands setting.
Highland Falls village has 1.09 square miles of land in Orange County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Reading Prong/Hudson Highlands, within Northeastern Highlands.
Forested hills and mountains span northern New England, the Adirondacks and higher Catskills. Glacial lakes and steep streams accompany a transition between northern hardwood and spruce-fir forests.
Regional context: Northeastern Highlands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Highland Falls and Orange County
Highland Falls is associated with Orange County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Highland Falls by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Highland Falls, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 2.3 percentage points lower than the 3.1% recorded for Orange County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Highland Falls village has 59.4% of the land area of nearby Fort Montgomery CDP (1.84 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.