THE HILLBURN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Reading Prong/Hudson Highlands setting.
Hillburn village has 2.23 square miles of land in Rockland 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
Hillburn and Rockland County
Hillburn is associated with Rockland 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.
Hillburn by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Hillburn, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 12.2 percentage points lower than the 12.9% recorded for Rockland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hillburn village has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Suffern village (2.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

