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Tomkins Cove, New York
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors — approximate location, not a photo of the site
Doodletown was a hamlet of about 300 people in a valley of the Hudson Highlands that was settled in the 1760s by loggers and miners, including the Huguenot-descended June family, and was acquired gradually by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission and abandoned by about 1965. Foundations, roadbeds and interpretive signs remain, and two cemeteries are still in use by former residents' families, so hikers should treat it quietly.
Hike from a small lot on Route 9W via the Cornell Mine Trail and 1777 East Trail; the cemeteries are active.
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