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Owning Kent, NY real estate is everything from wilderness meditation to live shows at a restaurant; enjoying Lake Carmel to being invited to play on an ultimate Frisbee team; living in a historic farmhouse or a super-creative contemporary. Kent is a fantastic place to search for a home for sale!
Our local expert real estate agents in Carmel (a hamlet of Kent) are your best source for Kent real estate information and advice.
When you are house-hunting in Kent, a great place to stay overnight is the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Danbury. Check out their state-of-the-art treadmill, elliptical, bicycle and weights. See our list...
Find all the sports fields at Edward Ryan Memorial Park. White Pond used to be a NYC reservoir. There's golf and dining in the Grill Room at Centennial Golf Course. See our list...
La Ranger Studio specializes in beautiful architectural stained glass & museum-quality restorations. Arts on the Lake presents many classes for adults & children & classical, jazz, pop & rock music. See our list...
The Steidle family has entered into a conservation easement with the Orange County Land Trust to protect their Pine View Farm in perpetuity. For fresh foods visit Kent Lakes Farm Market. See our list...
Patty Melt Veggie Burger & House Salad at McCarthy’s Grill House. Brussel Sprout Risotto & Felafel at Limni Mediterranean Kitchen. Penne Margherita & mixed green salad at La Famiglia Bar & Grill. See our list...
Increase muscle tone, flexibility & balance at Integrative Pilates & Yoga. Stop into The Parlor 109 for the latest in haircuts. Their passion is fitness at Fitness Academy. See our list...
Mirtha handcrafts art to eat at Pink Sugar Pastries. Buy & sell quality consignments at Vintage Shop. If you’ve ever wanted someone to create a t-shirt design, bring it to Carol’s Creations. See our list...
Browse vendors, listen to music, have a snack, cheer the youth basketball tourney players at Kent Community Weekend. Take advantage of book sales & presentations at Kent Public Library. See our list...
There's so much to do in Kent, NY - it can be hard to decide! Contact one of our Local Experts at Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty. We'd love to give you our recommendations on the best things to do in Kent.
New York City and New York State own nearly 40 percent of the 43-square-miles that make up this Putnam County town. A good deal of the land in Kent is environmentally protected. In the early 1900s, a branch of the Croton River was dammed to create Boyds Corner and West Branch reservoirs, part of NYC’s water supply system. The protection that resulted and is still in place all these years later is highly valued by people living in Kent NY as it forces the continuance of the town’s rural feeling and because it lowers their tax bills.
Almost half of Kent NY is open space. In Kent’s rugged, sparsely inhabited western region is Clarence Fahnestock State Park. In the east you’ll find Wonder Lake State Park. White Pond Multiple Use Area and Big Buck Mountain Multiple Use Area are in the north. California Hill State Forest lies in the southern part of town. Almost smack-dab in the middle is Ninham Mountain Multiple Use Area. That’s 17,000+ acres of wilderness, much of it protected by the NYC DEP. Less than 400 people live in each square mile of Kent (compared to 27,000 in NYC, in case you were wondering).
More than half of the population of Kent—a wooded and hilly region generally—lives in the rural hamlet of Lake Carmel, sited around the 1.6-mile-long Lake Carmel. Kent, which has been described as “a lot of neighborhoods around lakes", is home to Barrett Pond, Sagamore Lake, Pine Pond, China Pond, Palmer Lake, Seven Hills Lake and White Pond. In years gone by, when farming in the area began to decline, those lakes became vacation destinations of city folk anxious to escape the heat. Little by little, the summer homes became full-time residences. When the Taconic Parkway was built in the 1930s, Kent became even more easily accessible.
The Taconic traverses the westernmost portion of Kent NY, and Interstate 84 the northeastern corner, so although the description of Kent we’ve given makes it sound a bit remote, you can easily hop on the highway to go Upstate or down for work or recreation. Fishkill is less than a half-hour to the west, Danbury the same distance east.
If you don’t go gallivanting but prefer to stay in town and get involved, there are opportunities in Kent: How about volunteering with the Kent Lakes Association, which concerns itself with the water quality of the lakes in town? Adults and teens alike are encouraged to join the Kent Public Library’s Friends of the Library group. Those with a cultural bent will enjoy helping out at Arts on the Lake. If you prefer real excitement and want to make a big contribution, the Kent Fire Department is made up of volunteers.
The Town of Kent has a very active recreation department, so there are lots of ways to meet people and stay busy in town. There are adult boot camp and yoga classes, a ski and snowboard club; youth leagues for basketball, soccer, baseball and bowling; special events around Halloween and Easter and an annual Community Day Weekend. They also offer youth gymnastics, skating and zumba, among other things.
You’ll like Kent if you’re interested in lake-life that doesn’t include the noise of outboard motors: No engines are allowed on many of the town’s lakes because of the watershed. Of course not all homes in Kent are on lakes… just a whole bunch of them!
At the time of writing there were three Kent homes for sale under $200k and 14 under $300k. And there’s everything in between, including Kent land for sale if you prefer to build.
Luxury properties are a regularity in Kent NY, particularly in rustic Sedgewood. The Sedgewood Club on China Pond, with a 1928 golf course, tennis courts and a beach, offers membership to residents and non-residents for a fee. It’s a true escape in the style of a slower time that was (perhaps) a bit more fun. For example, a Kent NY home for sale on China Pond with four-bedrooms, three-baths, and 100 feet of lake frontage was recently listed for $1,299,000.
When you’ve made up your mind to do some house-hunting in Kent NY, call/text a Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty agent from our Kent office for their local expertise.
If you have any questions about Kent real estate, feel free to contact Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty. We'd love to show you all that Kent NY has to offer.
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Listing information last updated on October 4th, 2024 at 8:20am EDT.
Listing information last updated on October 4th, 2024 at 8:20am EDT.
