HUDSON VALLEY REGION NEW YORK Distinctly Dutchess RHINEBECK EAT SHOP EXPERIENCE STAY • Aroi Thai • Bread Alone • Calico • Bumble & Hive • Cabin Fever Outfitters • Betsy Jacaruso Studio & Gallery • WhistleWood Farm Bed & Breakfast • Cinnamon Indian Restaurant • Darryl’s • Dorrer Jewelers • Clear Yoga • Dr. Tom’s Tonics • Gaby’s Mexican Cafe • Floral Fantasies • Haldora • Hammertown • FACE Stockholm • Gigi Trattoria • Le Petit Bistro • Hummingbird Jewelers • Hundred Mile • Fiber Flame Studio • Haven Spa • Liberty Public House • Market St. • Merriweather’s • Oblong Books & Music • Hudson Valley Pottery & P.A. Gibbons Studio • Osaka • Pete’s Famous • Paper Trail • Pegasus Footwear • IZLIND Integrative Wellness Center • Pizzeria Posto • Rhinebeck Bagel • Periwinkles • Pure Mountain Olive Oil • Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome • Samuel’s • Terrapin • Rhinebeck Antiques Emporium • Omega Institute • The Local • The Shelter • Rhinebeck Artist’s Shop/Atwater Gallery • Rhinebeck Farmer’s Market • Rhinebeck Department Store • Rhinebeck Chamber of Commerce • Sawkille Co. Furniture • Sharp Images Photographic • Satya Yoga • Upstate Films • Spruce Design & Decor • Sunflower Health Food • Waddle n Swaddle • Winter Sun & Summer Moon EnjoyRhinebeck.com Find us on: Welcome to scenic Dutchess County, established in 1683 as one of the original counties of New York. Nestled in the Hudson River Valley, midway between New York City and the capital city of Albany, it is easily accessible by car, train, bus, air, and boat. With its abundance of historic landmarks, restaurants, festivals and natural scenic beauty, Dutchess County is 800 square miles of fascinating sites, lively events and breathtaking vistas. ANNUAL EVENTS . 2 RELAXATION Find us on Facebook . Accommodations . 28 HISTORY Antique Centers/Auction Houses . 34 Follow us on Twitter . Historic Museums . 6 Campgrounds . 34 Historic Sites . 7 Flea Markets . 35 Find us on YouTube . Personal Growth & Wellness Centers .35 RECREATION Shopping Malls . 36 Spas . 36 Follow us on Pinterest . Biking . 10 Family Fun . 11 Specialty Shops . 37 Fish & Game . 11 Follow us on Instagram . Golf . 12 FOOD & DRINK Horseback Riding . 13 Distilleries, Breweries, & Brew Pubs 38 Hudson River Enjoyment . 13 Farms . 39 On the Cover Dover Stone Church is a Recreation . 14 Wineries . 39 nature preserve whose highlight is a Shooting Clubs & Preserves . 15. Restaurants . 41 metamorphic rock cavern in the shape of a church’s cathedral window with a SCENIC & NATURE ABOUT cascading waterfall through the cave’s Gardens . 16 DUTCHESS AAA Stations . 45 interior . The Stone Church Brook, a trib- Hiking . 17 Buses . 45 utary of the Ten Mile River, flows Parks . 19 Chambers of Commerce . 45 through and out the cavern entrance . Scenic & Historic Tours . 19 The right-of-way entrance is located off Planes . 46 Tourist Information Centers . 46 Route 22 below the traffic light in Dover ARTS Trains . 46 Plains . There is no parking permitted at Art & Cultural Centers . 20 Directions . 47 the right-of-way but available nearby at Art Galleries . 21 Map . 48 Dover Elementary School . Cover Photo: Art Museums . 22 Justin P . Goodhart Photography . Art Organizations . 23 INDEX Colleges/Education . 23 Above: View across the lake at Eleanor Alpha list . 49 Drive-In Movie Theaters . 24 Roosevelt’s Val-Kill, the only National Advertisers . 52 Historic Site dedicated to a first lady . Entertainment: Clubs & Live Music . 24 Hyde Park . Photo: Bill Urbin/NPS . Glassworks . 26 Sound Arts . 26 2015 EDITION www.dutchesstourism.com Theater & Performances . 26 Custom publishing services provided by Notes: To the best of our knowledge, the information in this guide is correct as of March 1, 2015 . However, due to possible changes in rates and hours of operation, we recommend that you call before visiting any listed facility . This guide lists only those facilities that wish to be included . Listings do not represent an endorsement . The programs provided by this agency are partially funded by monies received from the County of Dutchess . This travel guide is published by Dutchess Tourism, Inc ., 3 Neptune Road, Suite A11A, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, the County of Dutchess, in cooperation with the New York 314 Wall Street, Kingston, NY 12401 State Department of Economic Development and the I Love New York campaign . I LOVE NEW YORK is a registered trademark and service mark of the www.luminarypublishing.com New York State Department of Economic Development; used with permission . Printed in U .S .A . Annual Events Looking for something to do? Dutchess County is a year-round vacation getaway, so there are plenty of events & activities for all tastes & styles. Listings are subject to change, so it’s a good idea to call ahead! Area codes are 845 unless noted. Web addresses don’t include www or http://. Check our calendar at DutchessTourism.com for current listings. Explore Dutchess for any reason in any season! ONGOING EVENTS Hyde Park Winterfest Art Along the Hudson Hackett Hill Park, Hyde Park. Winter fun, snow tubing & cross country skiing . 229-8086. Monthly arts celebrations, openings & HydeParkNY.us exhibits . Music, food & wine tastings & more in 11 cities . ArtAlongtheHudson.com MARCH • SECOND SATURDAYS BEACON. Dutchess County St. 838-4243. BeaconArts.org Patrick’s Parade • QUEEN CITY SATURDAYS. Third Sat. Wappingers Falls. 3,000 participants! First Poughkeepsie & Hyde Park. 454-3222. Sat . DCSPPC.org ArtsMidHudson.org Hudson Valley Restaurant Week • THIRD WEEKEND ART WALKS. Top chefs highlight the region’s bounty with Rhinebeck, Red Hook & Tivoli. Red Hook: 3-course prix-fixe menus; 2 weeks, also in 758-0824, RedHookChamber.org; Nov . HudsonValleyRestaurantWeek.com Rhinebeck: 876-5904, RhinebeckChamber.com New York State Stormville Airport Antique Show Maple Weekends & Flea Market Visit farm sugarhouses to learn how maple Stormville. 600 exhibitors . Also Ultimate syrup & related products are made . Family Yard Sales . April, May, July, Sept ., NYSMaple.com Oct ., Nov . monthly . 221-6561. StormvilleAirportFleaMarket.com APRIL Sunset Sensations: Unique Wine Daffodil Tea & Food Pairings Wilderstein, Rhinebeck. Celebrate spring with Locust Grove Estate, Poughkeepsie. Chefs tea sandwiches, sweets & mansion tours . pair wine and food samplings; demos . May- 876-4818 . Wilderstein.org Dec ., 2nd Thurs . 454-4500. LGNY.org Wappingers Creek Water Derby JANUARY Pleasant Valley. 8-mile canoe/kayak race Cross Country Skiing & Snow down Wappingers Creek; rentals available . Shoeing Last Sat . AquaticExplorers.org Dutchess County & New York State Parks. MAY Fun winter activity, weather permitting . 463- 4000. NYSParks.com, Co.Dutchess.NY.us Beacon Open Studios Weekend Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Birthday City of Beacon artists make their work FDR National Historic Site, Hyde Park. available for self-guided tours of their studios . Wreath-laying ceremony Jan . 30 . 229-9115. BeaconOpenStudios.org NPS.gov/HoFR Beacon 3D Modfest Sculptures placed along Beacon’s Main Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. A series of Street . Winner, 2014 Dutchess County free performances and programs in dance, Executive’s Arts Award for Art in Public drama, visual art, film, literature, poetry, and Top to Bottom: Enjoy the Dutchess County Places, an Arts Mid-Hudson program . music . 437-5370. Vassar.edu Fair each August in Rhinebeck . Photo: Through Oct . 917-318-2239 . Beacon3D.org Ingrid Kulick . Dutchess Stadium, home FEBRUARY of The Hudson Valley Renegades Minor Hudson Valley Garden Fair League baseball team . Courtesy photo . Adams Garden Shows Montgomery Place, Annandale-on-Hudson Poughkeepsie’s Fourth of July Fireworks Adams Fairacre Farms, Poughkeepsie & (Red Hook). Vendors, garden demos by show, seen over the Mid-Hudson Bridge . Wappingers. Indoor floral & landscaping experts, tours, and lecture . Photo: John Morzen . displays . 454-4330. AdamsFarms.com HVGardenFair.com 2 WWW.DUTCHESSTOURISM.COM Clockwise from top left: Children at the Cultural Festival organized by Arts Mid-Hudson at the Dutchess Dragon Boat Race . Photo: Doug Nobiletti . Collings Foundation’s Wings of Freedom tour brings rare World War II aircraft to the Dutchess County Airport . Big Gay Hudson Valley’s Queen City Pride hosts picnics and events to celebrate the LGBTQ community . Courtesy photo . Country Living magazine comes to life at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds each June! Courtesy photo . Rhinebeck Antique Car Show Discover Hudson Valley Queen City Pride & Swap Meet Bike Ride Big Gay Hudson Valley hosts multiple events Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck. Fully supported scenic cycling ride . to celebrate the region’s LGBTQ community One of the largest car shows in the 212-870-2080 . BikeNYC.org and their allies . Poughkeepsie . Northeast . 876-4001. DutchessFair.com First Air Shows of Season BigGayHudsonValley.com Barn Star Antiques at Rhinebeck Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. Weekend air Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck. Walkway Marathon shows . Sat .: pioneer era & barnstormers . Furniture, folk art & country items . Also in Three flat, fast and scenic races: a marathon, Sun .: WW I aircraft . Museum opens in May . Oct . 876-4001. DutchessFair.com half-marathon, and a 5K, each of which 752-3200. OldRhinebeck.org World War II Living traverses the Walkway over the Hudson . History Bivouac Hudson Valley Brew Festival – USATF Certified . Dutchess Tourism sponsors FDR Home, Presidential Library & Museum, Beer, Bourbon & Bacon a Health & Wellness Expo the day prior . Hyde Park. Re-enactors . Historic military Dutchess