Editing Ellenville, New York (section)

== Geography ==
The village of Ellenville is about 90 miles northwest of [[New York City]] and 90 miles southwest of [[Albany, New York|Albany]]. The village is located at the junction of routes [[New York State Route 52|NY 52]] and [[U.S. Route 209]], and is bisected by the recently designated Shawangunk Scenic Byway. Ellenville lies in the Rondout Valley, at the eastern base of the [[Catskill Mountains]], and the western base of the [[Shawangunk Ridge]], which is listed by [[the Nature Conservancy]] as one of the "75 Last Great Places on Earth."<ref>[http://www.mohonkimages.com/explore/  Mohonk Images website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504025612/http://www.mohonkimages.com/explore/ |date=May 4, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Nature">{{cite web |url=http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newyork/preserves/art12373.html |title=Eastern: Shawangunk Mountains |publisher=The Nature Conservancy |access-date=July 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202014547/http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newyork/preserves/art12373.html |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The north-flowing Sandburg Creek and east-flowing  Beer Kill intersect in Ellenville near the current site of the Ellenville Central School and join the [[Rondout Creek]], which flows north to join the [[Hudson River]] near [[Kingston, New York|Kingston]]. Ellenville is within the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of 8.8 square miles (22.7&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which  0.1 square mile (0.2&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, 0.68%)  is covered by water.