THE PUTNAM VALLEY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Reading Prong/Hudson Highlands setting.
Putnam Valley town has 41.1 square miles of land in Putnam 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
Putnam Valley and Putnam County
Putnam Valley is associated with Putnam 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.
Putnam Valley by land and water
The Census records 1.61 square miles of water within Putnam Valley, or 3.8% of its total area. It is 2.7 percentage points lower than the 6.5% recorded for Putnam County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Putnam Valley town has 84.2% of the land area of nearby Philipstown town (48.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.