Vails Gate is a hamlet in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,368 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. Vails Gate is in the southern part of the Town of New Windsor, located on Route 32.