page_title: Nyack, New York
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Nyack, New York / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Overlooking Nyack, NY from top of Hook Mountain. Hudson River and Tappan Zee Bridge in the background.
context_page_description: Nyack is a village located primarily in the town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, United States. Incorporated in 1872, it retains a very small western section in Clarkstown. It is an inner suburb of New York City lying approximately 19 miles north of the Manhattan boundary near the west bank of the Hudson River, situated north of South Nyack, east of Central Nyack, south of Upper Nyack, and southeast of Valley Cottage.
  Nyack had a population of 6,765 as of the 2010 census. Most of Rockland County's local music scene is based in Nyack.
context_section_description: According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km²), of which 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²) is land and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²) (51.88%) is water.
  Nyack is on the west bank of the Hudson River, north of the Tappan Zee Bridge. The village is also home to Hook Mountain and has hilly terrains especially along the shore of the river.
caption: View of Nyack from Hook Mountain
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