Editing Kent, New York (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Lake Carmel, New York.jpg|thumb|250px|In spite of its name, [[Lake Carmel (New York)|Lake Carmel]] lies in Kent]]

Kent is rugged and hilly, sitting atop the interior ridges of the [[Hudson Highlands]] some {{convert|60|mi}} north of [[New York City]] in the north central portion of [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam County]]. It borders the towns of [[Philipstown, New York|Philipstown]] and [[Putnam Valley, New York|Putnam Valley]] to the west and southwest; [[Patterson, New York|Patterson]] to the east, and [[Carmel, New York|Carmel]] to the south. The northern town line is the border of the [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess County]] towns of [[East Fishkill, New York|East Fishkill]] and [[Pawling (town), New York|Pawling]]. 

Two state parks, [[Wonder Lake State Park|Wonder Lake]]{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} in the east and [[Clarence Fahnestock State Park|Fahnestock]] in the west, a portion of the [[Appalachian National Scenic Trail]], and thousands of acres of open space under the permanent protection of the [[New York City Department of Environmental Protection]] as part of the [[New York City water supply system]]'s [[Croton Watershed]], offer recreational opportunities.

[[File:Canopus Lake, Fahnestock State Park, NY.jpg|thumb|left|[[Canopus Lake]] in [[Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park]]]]

The town is home to a number of lakes, which were once popular with summer residents but now have become year-round communities, including Sagamore Lake, Kentwood Lake, Lake Tibet, China Lake, Palmer Lake, and White Pond. Kent is also home to two reservoirs that are part of the New York City drinking water supply, with much adjacent land purchased by it for conservation through the Watershed Preservation Program.{{clarify|What is this program?|date=April 2021}} These include [[Boyds Corner Reservoir|Boyds Corner]] and [[West Branch Reservoir|West Branch]], with the latter being the east-of-[[Hudson River|Hudson]] terminus of the important [[Catskill Mountains|Catskill Mountain]]-fed [[Delaware Aqueduct]].

East-West [[Interstate 84 in New York|Interstate 84]] in the east, and the North-South [[Taconic State Parkway]] in the west, pass through the town in opposite northern corners.