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
