We are offering a tour of West Point Military Academy on Sunday October 23rd with Ed Oberle (Father of the Bride)! If interested, please fill out this form no later than September 30th, and we will make sure to save you a spot! Go to http://westpointtours.com/ for more information about the tours. If you interested in taking this tour, please click "VIEW" to fill out a form. Cost per person will be determined by the amount of people who attending. For questions and more details, please email Ed at edot68@cs.com. If you RSVP'd before 7/9, please email Erika directly at, stoving@wi.rr.com
Visit General George Washington's last winter residence during the final years of the Revolutionary War! With a beautiful and very strategic view of the Hudson River, this site contains the exact room where Washington created the Badge of Military Merit, known today as The Purple Heart.
This recent addition to New Windsor is in the perfect historic location - right next to the New Windsor Cantonment and across the street from The Last Encampment of the continental army until 1783!
apple/pumpkin picking and other fall activities
Bear Mountain State Park is situated in rugged mountains rising from the west bank of the Hudson River. The park features a large play field, shaded picnic groves, lake and river fishing access, a swimming pool, Trailside Museums and Zoo, hiking, biking and cross-country ski trails. An outdoor rink is open to ice skaters from late October through mid-March. The Perkins Memorial Tower atop Bear Mountain affords spectacular views of the park, the Hudson Highlands and Harriman State Park. Perkins Memorial Drive and Tower are open from April through late November, weather permitting. The Merry-Go-Round at Bear Mountain State Park features hand painted scenes of the park an 42 hand carved seats of native animals including black bear, wild turkey, deer, raccoon, skunk, Canada goose, fox, swan, bobcat, rabbit and more. Trail map: https://parks.ny.gov/documents/parks/BearMountainTrailMap.pdf
Storm King Art Center is a 500-acre outdoor museum located in New York’s Hudson Valley, where visitors experience large-scale sculpture and site-specific commissions under open sky. Since 1960, Storm King has been dedicated to stewarding the hills, meadows, and forests of its site and surrounding landscape. Building on the visionary thinking of its founders, Storm King supports artists and some of their most ambitious works. Changing exhibitions, programming, and seasons offer discoveries with every visit.
great hiking trails
The Walkway Over the Hudson spans the Hudson River and connects the City of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County with the Town of Lloyd and hamlet of Highland in Ulster County, New York. Entrances are located at 87 Haviland Road in Highland, New York and 61 Parker Avenue in Poughkeepsie, New York. The Walkway is 1.28 miles from one gate to the other. It stands 212 feet above the Hudson River.