Attractions

Attractions

It’s all here – The Hudson Valley has it all! Great Shopping, Outstanding Restaurants, History, Art, Music, Antiques, Adventure, and more. Walk on Air as you walk across the Hudson River one of the “World’s Longest and Highest Pedestrian Walkways”. Take your time. Spend a few days exploring New York’s scenic Hudson River ValleyWalkway Over The Hudson Walkway over the Hudson, walk on air 212 feet above the Hudson River on the restored Railroad Bridge! Check it out!

Hudson Valley Historic Sites – Step “Back in time”

Walk in George Washington’s footsteps. Visit Presidential homesteads! Watch overhead as vintage Biplanes of a past era come to life and fly again. Enter the lavish country mansions of America’s old money.

1. Huguenot St – oldest occupied street in U.S.2. Kingston Historic Stockade District

3. Esopus Lighthouse

4. Kingston Rondout Lighthouse

5. Saugerties Lighthouse

6. Boscobel

7. Clermont

8. Gomez Mill House – Oldest Jewish Homestead

9. James Vanderpoel House

10. Knox Headquarters

11. Kykuit – Rockefeller

12. Locust Grove – SB Morse

13. Luykas Van Alen House

14. Lyndhurst – Jay Gould

15. Martin Van Buren Nat. Hist Site

16. Mohonk Mt. House – One of America’s Castles !

17. Montgomery Place

18. Mount Lebanon – Shaker Site

19. Olana – Artist Frederick Church home

20. Roosevelt Estate – FDR

21. Staatsburgh State Historic Site -Mills Mansion

22. Sunnyside – Washington Irving home

23. Union Church at Pocantico Hills

24. Val-Kill – Eleanor Roosevelt

25. Vanderbilt Mansion

26. Van Cortland Manor

27. Washington’s headquarters

28. West Point Military Academy

29. Wilderstein


Hudson Valley Cultural Sites – Art, Music, Pottery, Live Theater, Colleges, Museums

Delight in the vast assortment of Art Galleries. Watch as potters shape clay into one of a kind pieces. Experience larger than life sculptures outdoors. See live performances in a restored opera house. Listen to concerts by international musicians and symphonies.

1. Bardavon Opera House2. Mac-Haydn Theater

3. Poughkeepsie Civic Center

4. Richard B. Fisher Center Performing Arts

5. UPAC – Ulster Preforming Art Center

6. DIA:Beacon

7. Storm King Art Center – Outdoor

8. North Points Art Center

9. Woodstock Art Colony

10. Pottery Trail

11. Sugar Loaf Craft Village

12. Webatuck Craft Village

13. Brick House Museum

14. Bronck Museum

15. Children’s Museum

16. Columbia County Museum

17. D&H Canal Museum

18. Fireman’s Museum

19. Maritime Museum

20. Museum Village

21. Quarryman’s Museum

22. Thomas Cole House

23. Harness Racing Museum

24. Vintage Village

25. Woodbury Common 220 Outlet Shops

26. Bard College

27. Culinary Institute of America

28. Marist College

29. SUNY New Paltz

30. Vassar College

31. Gilmor Glass Works

32. Gillinder Glass

33. Caramoor Festival

34. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival


Unique Hudson Valley Attractions and points of Special Interest

Walk on Air as you cross the Longest and Highest Elevated Pedestrian Walkway in the World!! – the Historic Walkway-over-the-Hudson Bridge.”Enjoy the show from inside the World’s Largest Kaleidoscope! Sample vintage wines along our wine trails. Watch Hudson Wiskey distilled Bourbon and Vodka.

1. Dutchess Wine trail2. Shawangunk Wine Trail

3. Ben Marl Winery

4. Brotherhood Winery

5. Walkway-over-the-Hudson

6. Headless Horseman Hayrides & Haunted Houses

9. Lebannon Valley Speedway

10. Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome

11. Omega Institute for Holistic Health

13. Tuthilltown Spirits Distillery

14. World’s largest Kaleidoscope


Hudson Valley Natural Attractions, Open Country, U-Pick Farms, Markets, Christmas Trees

Hike our well marked paths and Rail Trails, rent or bring your Bike. Climb our world famous rock cliffs. Watch endless waterfalls. Pick your own apples, strawberries, pumpkins, Christmas Trees, and more.

1. Bash Bish Falls
2. Blue Sky Hot Air Balloon Rides

3. Blue Sky Ranch Skydiving

4. Carey Arboretum

5. Copake Falls

6. Croton Dam

7. Hang Gliding

8. Hudson River Cruises

9. Ice Caves

10. Innisfree Gardens

11. John Burroughs Sanctuary

12. Minnewaska State Park

13. Mohonk Preserve

13. Gunks Rock Climbing

14. Opus 40

15. River Connection – kyaking

16. Tubing on the Esopus

17. Black Creek Trail

18. Harlem Valley Rail Trail

19. Hudson Valley Rail Trail- Highland

20. Hudson Valley Water Trail

21. Walkill Rail Trail

Farm Markets,”Pick your own”, Apples, Pumpkins, Cherries, Peaches, Strawberries, Christmas Trees, and more:

22. Dressel Farms – U-Pick !

23. Country Charm Farm

24. Hurd’s Farm

25. Meadow View Farm – organic

26. Wallkill View Farms – Pumpkins

27. Wilklow Orchards – u-pick Apples

Jenkin-Lueken Orchards

28. Mountain Fresh Farms-Christmas Trees

29. Phillies Bridge Farm Project