Home Improvement, Home Living, and Real Estate Blog » New York http://www.devilsbackyard.com Home Improvement, Home Living, and Real Estate Blog Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:30:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Town of Woodbury http://www.devilsbackyard.com/2009/09/26/the-town-of-woodbury/ http://www.devilsbackyard.com/2009/09/26/the-town-of-woodbury/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:40:54 +0000 admin http://www.devilsbackyard.com/?p=94 02_orange_county_01The Town of Woodbury, often known as the “Gateway to Orange County”, Woodbury is located in the southern portion of Orange County; New York Woodbury is approximately 45 miles north of New York City. The population is approximately nine thousand people. Woodbury borders the Town of Stony Point in Rockland County and property belonging to the United States Military Academy at West Point. The populated portion of West Point is approximately 15 miles east of Woodbury. Bear Mountain State Park is about an equal distance. Within the Town are three Hamlets: Central Valley, Highland Mills, and Village of Harriman

Behind Woodbury Common on a mountain top is the beautiful Arden House, a mansion originally built by E.H. Harriman, the railroad tycoon, as a summer home for his family. The Arden House and surrounding property is currently owned by Columbia University and used as a satellite facility for the college. Both the “Arden House” and smaller “Arden Homestead” are also used by many businesses for seminars and multi-day retreats.

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