It's all here - The Hudson Valley has it all! Great Shopping, Outstanding Restaurants, History, Art, Music, Antiques, Adventure, and more. Take your time. Spend a few days exploring New York's scenic Hudson River Valley.

  Historic Sites   |   Cultural Sites   |   Unique Attractions   |   Outdoors , Farms, Markets

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 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 House 2 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

Enjoy the show from inside the World's Largest Kaleidoscope! Sample vintage wines along our wine trails. Watch casting of larger than life sculptures at a nearby foundry.

Special for the Fall/Halloween season - the #1 attraction in the USA for "Haunted House, Haunted Hayride, Fright experience! - see link for Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses!

1 Dutchess Wine trail 2 Shawangunk Wine Trail 3 Ben Marl Winery 4 Brotherhood Winery   8 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 22Country Charm Farm 24 Hurd's Farm 25 Meadow View Farm - organic 26 Wallkill View Farms - Pumpkins 27 Wilklow Orchards -Apples 28 Mountain Fresh Farms-Christmas Trees