Copake Falls is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Columbia County,

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, United States. The hamlet, once known as Copake Iron Works, is in the eastern part of the town of Copake, west of the

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

state line. The CDP was designated after the 2010 census, so no population figure is yet available. The former Copake Falls Methodist Episcopal Church was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2012.

Geography

Copake Falls is located along Bashbish Brook at the western foot of the

Taconic Mountains The Taconic Mountains or Taconic Range () are a range of the Appalachian Mountains, running along the eastern border of New York State and adjacent New England from northwest Connecticut to western Massachusetts, north to central western Vermont. ...

, a range that runs along the New York-Massachusetts border. The Copake Falls area of

Taconic State Park Taconic State Park is located in Columbia and Dutchess County, New York abutting Massachusetts and Connecticut within the Taconic Mountains. The state park is located off New York State Route 344 south of Interstate 90 and north of New York City. I ...

, with campsites and hiking trails, is directly east of the hamlet, and Bash Bish Falls, the highest waterfall in Massachusetts, is located to the east via

New York State Route 344 New York State Route 344 (NY 344) is a state highway located in Columbia County, New York, in the United States. The route is in length and serves primarily as an access road to the Bash Bish Falls state parks on both sides of the New ...

. A portion of the hamlet comprises the Copake Iron Works Historic District, part of the

New York State Route 22 New York State Route 22 (NY 22) is a north–south state highway that parallels the eastern border of the U.S. state of New York, from the outskirts of New York City to the hamlet of Mooers in Clinton County near the Canadian border ...

forms the western edge of the Copake Falls CDP and leads north to Hillsdale and south to Copake hamlet. According to the

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, the Copake Falls CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

References

External links

Taconic State Park - Copake Falls Area
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Geography

Demographics

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