THE PALM TREE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Reading Prong/Hudson Highlands setting.
Palm Tree town has 1.46 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
Palm Tree and Orange County
Palm Tree 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.
Palm Tree by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Palm Tree, or 2% of its total area. It is 1.1 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, Palm Tree town has 41.9% of the land area of nearby Monroe village (3.49 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

