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==Geography== [[File:Newburgh from the bridge.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Downtown [[Newburgh, New York|Newburgh]], on the shoreline of the [[Hudson River]].]] According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|839|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|812|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|27|sqmi}} (3.2%) are water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 6, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519062322/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt|archive-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref> Orange County is in southeastern New York State, directly north of the [[New Jersey]]-New York border, west of the [[Hudson River]], east of the [[Delaware River]] and northwest of [[New York City]]. It borders the New York counties of [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess]], [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam]], [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland]], [[Sullivan County, New York|Sullivan]], [[Ulster County, New York|Ulster]], and [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]], as well as [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic]] and [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex]] counties in New Jersey and [[Pike County, Pennsylvania|Pike County]] in [[Pennsylvania]]. Orange County is the only county which borders both the [[Hudson River|Hudson]] and [[Delaware River]]s, and is also the only county in the state to border both New Jersey (south) and Pennsylvania (west). Orange County is where the [[Great Appalachian Valley|Great Valley]] of the [[Appalachians]] finally opens up and ends. The western corner is set off by the [[Shawangunk Ridge]]. The area along the Rockland County border (within [[Harriman State Park (New York)|Harriman]] and [[Bear Mountain State Park|Bear Mountain]] [[state park]]s) and south of Newburgh is part of the [[Hudson Highlands]]. The land in between is the valley of the [[Wallkill River]]. In the southern portion of the county the Wallkill valley expands into a wide glacial lake bed known as the [[Black Dirt Region]] for its fertility. The highest point is [[Schunemunk Mountain]], at {{convert|1664|ft|m}} above sea level. The lowest is sea level along the Hudson. ===National protected areas=== * [[Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River]] (part) * [[Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge]] (part) ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Ulster County, New York|Ulster County]] β north * [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess County]] β northeast * [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam County]] - east * [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland County]] β southeast * [[Passaic County, New Jersey]] - southeast * [[Sussex County, New Jersey]] - southwest * [[Pike County, Pennsylvania]] β west * [[Sullivan County, New York|Sullivan County]] β northwest
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