Official Name: | Taconic Shores, New York |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | New York |
Pushpin Label: | Taconic Shores |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of New York |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New York |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Columbia |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Copake |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.64 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.15 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.49 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.02 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.83 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.19 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 547 |
Population Density Km2: | 253.90 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 657.45 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 531 |
Coordinates: | 42.1172°N -73.555°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 36-73057 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS code |
Blank1 Info: | 2761353 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Taconic Shores is a residential development and census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, New York, United States. The hamlet is near the geographic center of the town of Copake and surrounds Robinson Pond, a water body on the Roeliff Jansen Kill. The CDP was designated after the 2010 census.
Taconic Shores consists of a housing development surrounding Robinson Pond, part of the Roeliff Jansen Kill, a stream which flows west to the Hudson River. The community is just north of Copake Hamlet and the Copake Town Hall. The community of Copake Lake is 2miles to the northwest (5miles by road).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Taconic Shores CDP has a total area of 2.6km2, of which 2.2sqkm is land and 0.5sqkm, or 18.47%, is water.[2]