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The counties and areas of this region are listed
below:
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Arts
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Novelties
Outdoors
Sports
Wineries
Historic...
Clermont State Historic Site
1 Clermont Avenue
Clermont, NY 12526
(518)537-4240
Located off Woods Road. Country estate
of seven generations of the prominent Livingston family. Restored
mansion, visitor center, exhibit galleries, formal gardens,
carriage trails, picnicking.
Clinton Exhibit Center
Clinton Historical Society
PO Box 122
Clinton Corners, NY 12514
(845)266-5494 or -3819
Center located in a former Quaker Meeting
House built in 1777.
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
c/o National Park Service
519 Albany Post Road
Hyde Park, NY 12538
(845)229-9115
Located on Route 9G. Restored home of
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Home National Historic
Site
c/o National Park Service
519 Albany Post Road
Hyde Park, NY 12538
(845)229-9115
Located on Route 9. Lifelong home of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, including gravesite and Rose
Garden Area.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum
Route 9
Hyde Park, NY 12538
800-FDR-VISIT
Contains extensive displays on the lives
and careers of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and exciting
interactive exhibits.
Hyde Park Historical Society Museum
PO Box 182
Hyde Park, NY 12538
(845)229-2559
Located at 629 Albany Post Road.
Hyde Park Railroad Station
River Road
PO Box 135
Hyde Park, NY 12538
(845)331-9233
Built in 1845 and based on a design
shown at the Pan American World Exposition of 1898. The station
has been restored to its original condition by the Hudson
Valley Railroad Society, Inc. and is on the National Register
of Historic Places.
Mills Mansion State Historic Site
Old Post Road
Staatsburg, NY 12580
(845)889-8851
The country home of Ogden and Ruth Livingston
Mills, built in 1895-96 and furnished in the styles of Louis
XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI.
Montgomery Place
River Road, Route 103
Annandale-on- Hudson, NY 12504
(845)758-5461
434 acre Livingston family estate with
restored 23-room mansion and gardens, waterfall, walking trails,
special events, views of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains.
Samuel F. B. Morse Historic Site - Locust
Grove
PO Box 1649
370 South Road, Route 9, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845)454-4500
Home of Samuel F. B. Morse, designed
by A.J. Davis. Extensive furniture collection, china, art,
telegraph exhibits, gardens, nature walk.
Springside National Historic Site
185 Academy Street
PO Box 4915
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845)471-0183
Recognized as the last surviving example
of the work of America's first native-born landscape architect,
Andrew Jackson Downing.
Wineries...
Cascade Mountain Winery
Flint Hill Road
Amenia, NY
(845)373-9021
A farm winery with free tours and tastings
and a Gourmet restaurant. Open 7 days from 10-6 all year...
Clinton Vineyards
Schultzville Road
Clinton Corners, NY
(845)266-5372
"A Classic" - New York Times
Millbrook Vineyards
Wing & Shunpike Roads
Millbrook, NY
(845)677-8383 or (800)662-WINE
...wines produced from European vinifera
grapes...carefully selected varieties...
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Antiques...
Millbrook Antiques Mall
(845)677-9311
... almost 40 shops under one roof...
Millbrook Antique Center
(845)677-3921
...multi-dealer...
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Outdoors...
Innisfree Gardens
Tyrell Rd
Millbrook, NY 12545
(845)677-8000
...200-acre garden created by an American
Quaker using oriental design ... with Egyptian and Roman influence...
Institute of Ecosystem Studies
at the Mary Flagler Cary Arboretum
Route 44A
Millbrook, NY
(845)677-5359
...a division of the famed New York
Botanical Garden in the Bronx, 2000 acres featuring The Perennial
Garden...
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Novelties...
Chimney Hill Farm
Rhinebeck, NY
(845)266-5543
Larry Longo claims to have the best
Maple Syrup east of the Mississippi...
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Arts...
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Vassar College
124 Raymond Ave.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
(845)437-5632
The college's permanent collection spans
the history of art from ancient Egyptian to contemporary American.
In addition, special exhibitions are offered throughout the
year.
The Bardavon Opera House
Market Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845)473-5288 or (845)473-2072.
The oldest continuously operating theatre
in New York State and among the oldest in the nation ...
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Sports...
Hudson Valley Renegades
Dutchess Stadium, Rt. 9D
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 661
Fishkill, NY 12524
(845)838-0094
Minor League baseball team for the Tampa
Bay Rays...
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Museums...
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
PO Box 229
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
(845)752-3200
America's Original Living Museum
of Antique Aeroplanes.
Van Wyck Homestead Museum
Fishkill Historical Society
PO Box 133
Fishkill, NY 12524
(845)896-9560
Routes 9 and I-84. Dutch Colonial homestead,
1732. Revolutionary War Hqtrs. 1777-83. Hudson Valley portraits,
changing exhibits and events.
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