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    Day Trips® Hudson Valley: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

    Day Trips® Hudson Valley: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

    by Randi Minetor

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    Randi Minetor has just traversed the beautiful routes and byways of New York state while writing Hiking Waterfalls New York (FalconGuides) and Scenic Routes & Byways New York and now brings you this Day Trips guide to the Hudson Valley. She has also written over twenty other books for Globe Pequot Press, including five books on New York hiking in the Best Easy Day Hikes series, and she is the author of Backyard Birding: A Guide to Attracting and Identifying Birds.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction x

    using this guide xii

    lower valley: new jersey skylands

    day trip 01 the father of invention 2

    west orange, nj 2

    day trip 02 picnic on the appalachian trail 5

    wawayanda state park, nj 5

    day trip 03 the square-mile metropolis 7

    hoboken, nj 7

    day trip 04 the new jersey palisades 12

    fort lee, nj 12

    alpine, nj 15

    lower valley: new york city

    day trip 05 the new york palisades 17

    tappan, ny 17

    mount ivy, ny 19

    stony point, ny 20

    harriman state park, ny 21

    bear mountain state park, ny 21

    day trip 06 urban harborside 24

    gateway national recreation area 24

    new york harbor, ny 28

    day trip 07 harlem heritage 31

    upper west side, manhattan, ny 32

    day trip 08 river restoration 36

    hartsdale, ny 37

    tuckahoe, ny 38

    bronx park, ny 40

    yonkers, ny 42

    day trip 09 the path of clean water 47

    hastings-on-hudson, ny 48

    dobbs ferry, ny 49

    day trip 10 headless ghosts & gravestones 51

    tarrytown, ny 51

    sleepy hollow, ny 53

    day trip 11 art & soul on the hudson 57

    nyack, ny 57

    day trip 12 meander along the delaware 62

    port jervis, ny 62

    day trip 13 points of view: the hudson highlands 67

    croton-on-hudson, ny 67

    peekskill, ny 70

    beacon, ny 72

    day trip 14 life beyond the palisades 74

    sfoatsburg, ny 74

    mid-hudson valley

    day trip 15 duty, honor, country 78

    west point, ny 73

    day trip 16 cycles & revolutions 81

    newburgh, ny 81

    day trip 17 manitoga, boscobel & friends 85

    garrison, ny 85

    cold spring, ny 87

    day trip 18 over the hudson & back 89

    poughkeepsie, ny 89

    day trip 19 rock walls, wine & waterfalls 94

    new paltz, ny 94

    day trip 20 shawangunk hudson valley wine trail: south 99

    Warwick, ny 99

    highland mills, ny 101

    washingtonvilie, ny 102

    day trip 21 shawangunk hudson valley wine trail: north 104

    marlboro, ny 104

    pine bush, ny 105

    new paltz, ny 106

    gardiner, ny 107

    day trip 22 hudson's 7 lights 108

    new york city to athens, ny 108

    day trip 23 lifestyles of the rich & powerful 112

    hyde park, ny 112

    rhinebeck, ny 116

    day trip 24 the lost towns of rondout 119

    peekamoose road, ny 120

    rondout reservoir, ny 120

    ellenville, ny 121

    day trip 25 the world's largest kaleidoscope 123

    kingston, ny 124

    hurley, ny 127

    mount tremper, ny 129

    Phoenicia, ny 130

    day trip 26 the road to Woodstock 132

    Woodstock, ny 132

    bethel, ny 134

    day trip 27 birthplaces of a men can art 136

    catskill, ny 137

    hudson, ny 138

    palenville, ny 140

    haines falls, ny 141

    day trip 28 adventure in the taconics 143

    austerlitz, ny 143

    hillsdale, ny 144

    taconic state park 146

    millerton, ny 147

    upper hudson valley

    day trip 29 hudson-berkshire beverage trail 149

    ghent, ny 149

    Chatham, ny 151

    clermont, ny 152

    valatie, ny 153

    castleton-on-hudson, ny 153

    richmond, ma 154

    day trip 30 old kinderhook's president 155

    kinderhook, ny 155

    day trip 31 a delightful corner of the berkshires 157

    williamstown, ma 157

    north adams, ma 159

    day trip 32 upper hudson valley wine trail 161

    valley falls, ny 162

    schaghticoke, ny 162

    Cambridge, ny 163

    galway, ny 163

    greenfield center, ny 164

    corinth, ny 164

    fort edward, ny 165

    day trip 33 east of the capital 166

    hoosick, ny 166

    brunswick, ny. 168

    troy, ny 169

    day trip 34 where the rivers meet 172

    waterford, ny 172

    cohoes, ny 175

    day trip 35 battles & bubbles 177

    ballston spa, ny 177

    Saratoga springs, ny 179

    day trip 36 leatherstocking legends 182

    glen falls, ny 182

    upper hudson: to the river's source

    day trip 37 a trio of lakes 186

    great sacandaga lake, ny 187

    lake luzeme, ny 188

    lake george, ny 189

    day trip 38 from locks to lakes 192

    the champlain canal, ny 192

    Stillwater, ny 193

    schuylerville, ny 194

    fort edward, ny 195

    Whitehall, ny 196

    day trip 39 heart of the adirondacks 198

    indian lake, ny 199

    blue mountain lake, ny 200

    day trip 40 high peaks scenic byway 202

    keene, ny 202

    lake placid, ny 204

    day trip 41 whiteface veterans memorial highway 208

    Wilmington, ny 208

    festivals & celebrations 212

    index 219

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    Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips Hudson Valley. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover within a two-hour drive to and from many top New York destinations. With full trip-planning information, Day Trips Hudson Valley helps makes the most of a brief getaway.

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