Pine Plains, New York

About Pine Plains

Set in the eastern part of New York, Pine Plains is a small unincorporated community.

Pine Plains holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.08 square miles.

📰 Pine Plains News Today

• George P. Lefcheck Obituary (2026) - Pine Plains, NY - Peck and Peck Funeral Homes - Pine Plains Legacy obituary · Aug 13
• Lost Hikers Run Out Of Water, Escorted Off Mountain In Pine Plains DailyVoice.com · Aug 13
• Pine Plains Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• Bigfoot Researchers Investigate Possible Pine Plains Sighting hudsonvalleycountry.com · Jul 24
• Pine Plains (NY) High School Sports - Football, Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, and more MaxPreps · Feb 24

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Pine Plains Unique

• The only place in America named Pine Plains — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern New York, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Pine Plains

• Rosey's — american
• Stissing House Restaurant — american

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Pine Plains

• Lafayetteville Multiple Use Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Roeliff Jansenkill Multiple Use Area reviews ★
• Stissing Mountain Multiple Use Area reviews ★
• Wilcox Memorial Park reviews ★
• Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary · Nature reserve reviews ★
• FOSL · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Stissing Lake Park reviews ★
• Stissing Mountain · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Pine Plains

• COLD SPRING EARLY LEARNING CENTER
• SEYMOUR SMITH INTERMEDIATE LEARNING CENTER
• STISSING MOUNTAIN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Pine Plains

🏘️ Nearby Communities