Copake, NY

Copake is a hamlet and census-designated place in Columbia County, New York, United States. The 2020 census counted 181 residents. The CDP was designated after the 2010 census. The former Copake Falls Methodist Episcopal Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. That mix gives Copake a clear local shape within New York, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Copake is located along Bashbish Brook at the western foot of the Taconic Mountains, a range that runs along the New York-Massachusetts border. The Copake Falls area of Taconic State Park, with campsites and hiking trails, is directly east of the hamlet, and Bash Bish Falls, the highest waterfall in Massachusetts, is located 2 miles to the east via New York State Route 344. Copake includes the Copake Falls area of Taconic State Park.