page_title: Plattsburgh (city), New York
section_title: Geography and climate
hierarchical_section_title: Plattsburgh (city), New York / Geography and climate
caption_attribution_description: Obelisk in downtown Plattsburgh, NY, by the Saranac River where it flows into Lake Champlain.
context_page_description: Plattsburgh is a city in and the seat of Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 19,989 at the 2010 census. The population of the unincorporated areas within the surrounding Town of Plattsburgh was 11,870 as of the 2010 census, making the combined population for all of Plattsburgh to be 31,859. Plattsburgh lies just to the northeast of Adirondack Park, immediately outside of the park boundaries. It is the second largest community in the North Country region, and serves as the main commercial hub for the sparsely populated northern Adirondack Mountains.
  Plattsburgh was the site of the amphibious Battle of Plattsburgh in the War of 1812, a key American victory that marked the end of hostilities in the Northern United States. It has been an important military outpost for much of its history, from hosting one of the largest Citizens' Military Training Camps prior to World War I, and Plattsburgh Air Force Base, the east coast center of operations for the Strategic Air Command during much of the Cold War period.
context_section_description: Plattsburgh is at 44°41′43″N 73°27′30″W (44.695365, -73.458593).
  According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 6.6 square miles (17.0 km²), of which, 5.1 square miles (13.1 km²) of it is land and 1.5 square miles (4.0 km²) of it (23.40%) is water.
  Plattsburgh is on the western shore of Lake Champlain, in the northeastern part of the state of New York, just south of Cumberland Head.
  The Saranac River flows through the city into Lake Champlain.
caption: Saranac River flowing through Verdantique Park
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