Newburgh Bay

Newburgh Bay is a feature of the

Hudson River The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between N ...

's west bank, located approximately 60 miles (105 km) north of

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

. It takes its name from the city of

Newburgh, New York Newburgh is a city in the U.S. state of New York, within Orange County. With a population of 28,856 as of the 2020 census, it is a principal city of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan area. Located north of New York City, a ...

, for many years the major port on this section of the river. Towns on the bay are

; New Windsor, New York and Cornwall, New York, all in Orange County. The Roseton and Danskammer power plants are located at the north end of the bay, in the town of Newburgh. The bay is not a protected inlet, but rather a widening of the river with a maximum depth of . It begins roughly at the Hudson Highlands near the village of Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, and extends some 10 miles north to Danskammer Point. Between the city of Newburgh, Orange County on the west bank and Beacon, Dutchess County on the east, the river is almost in width. While not as wide as Haverstraw Bay to the south, the bay makes the river wide enough that it was the last section of the Hudson to be

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d. The

Newburgh–Beacon Bridge The Hamilton Fish Newburgh–Beacon Bridge is a cantilever toll bridge that spans the Hudson River in New York State. The bridge carries Interstate 84 (I-84) and New York State Route 52 (NY 52) between Newburgh and Beacon and c ...

opened in November 1963. The recently restored

Newburgh–Beacon Ferry The Newburgh–Beacon Ferry is a ferry service crossing the Hudson River that connects Newburgh with Beacon, New York. It carries passengers between the two cities during rush hour, primarily transporting commuters from the west side of the rive ...

makes passenger-only trips between the two cities during

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hours in the morning and evening for riders on the Metro North Hudson Line's Beacon station. {{coord, 41.455, -73.986, type:waterbody_globe:earth_region:US-NY, display=title Bays of New York (state) Hudson River Bodies of water of Orange County, New York Newburgh, New York New Windsor, New York Cornwall, New York Beacon, New York