Outdoor Fun
Outdoor fun
Great places to visit near our home if you have an half day or two to explore.
-10 min to our place, enjoy a walk or hike around beautiful Swan Lake. Found the ice age rock and see rabbit and deers.
-$8 park fee but guest can borrow our Empire State Park Pass.
48 locals recommend
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
125 Phelps Way-10 min to our place, enjoy a walk or hike around beautiful Swan Lake. Found the ice age rock and see rabbit and deers.
-$8 park fee but guest can borrow our Empire State Park Pass.
-Beautiful lake to see white swans on a rowing boat
- 10 min drive from our home
-free parking
Wampus Pond Park
811 NY-128-Beautiful lake to see white swans on a rowing boat
- 10 min drive from our home
-free parking
-Beautiful park with a lake and a public pool. Great place for BBQ, a walk and fishing on a row boat
-about 15min from our home
-$8 park fee but guest can borrow our Empire State Park Pass.
FDR State Park - Concession Stand
-Beautiful park with a lake and a public pool. Great place for BBQ, a walk and fishing on a row boat
-about 15min from our home
-$8 park fee but guest can borrow our Empire State Park Pass.
-Visit the quarry where big boulders were extracted a 100 years ago to build the impressive Kensico Dam. A trail about 20 min to the quarry which you can climb on to the top
-about 8-10 min drive from our home, right next to a beautiful lake
-free parking
9 locals recommend
Cranberry Lake Preserve
1609 Old Orchard St-Visit the quarry where big boulders were extracted a 100 years ago to build the impressive Kensico Dam. A trail about 20 min to the quarry which you can climb on to the top
-about 8-10 min drive from our home, right next to a beautiful lake
-free parking
-great water reservoir with a beautiful waterfall and green park
-15 min from our place
-$10 entrance fee but inquiry us about place to park free and short hike to the Dam
21 locals recommend
Croton Gorge Park
35 Yorktown Rd-great water reservoir with a beautiful waterfall and green park
-15 min from our place
-$10 entrance fee but inquiry us about place to park free and short hike to the Dam
-a must see place for a wonderful day of walk and visit
-30 min drive from our home
-free parking and entrance
31 locals recommend
Grace Farms
365 Lukes Wood Rd-a must see place for a wonderful day of walk and visit
-30 min drive from our home
-free parking and entrance
-only 7-8 min from our home
-park free in the bottom plaza and find stair case on both sides to walk to the top of the dam
-various local events. Fireworks for Jul 4th.
20 locals recommend
Kensico Dam Plaza
Kensico Dam Plaza-only 7-8 min from our home
-park free in the bottom plaza and find stair case on both sides to walk to the top of the dam
-various local events. Fireworks for Jul 4th.
great place for kids and adults and learn more about gardening and farming
28 locals recommend
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture
630 Bedford Rdgreat place for kids and adults and learn more about gardening and farming
-Fun place for a walk and explore protected wild life
-15 min from our place
24 locals recommend
Teatown Lake Reservation
1600 Spring Valley Rd-Fun place for a walk and explore protected wild life
-15 min from our place
-A beautiful park for a grand view of Hudson river. Great place for BBQ and picnic
-about 15-20 min from our place
-$10 county park entrance
23 locals recommend
Croton Point Park
1 Croton Point Ave-A beautiful park for a grand view of Hudson river. Great place for BBQ and picnic
-about 15-20 min from our place
-$10 county park entrance
-a well know tour to visit Rockefeller Estate and mansion
-reservation needed in advance
-about 15-20 min ride from our home
36 locals recommend
Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate
381 N Broadway-a well know tour to visit Rockefeller Estate and mansion
-reservation needed in advance
-about 15-20 min ride from our home
-great place for an half day walk back to history and walk around a beautiful estate with a great view of Hudson river
-reservation needed for inside tour but free entrance and parking if to walk through the estate
-about 15-20 min from our home
37 locals recommend
Lyndhurst
635 S Broadway-great place for an half day walk back to history and walk around a beautiful estate with a great view of Hudson river
-reservation needed for inside tour but free entrance and parking if to walk through the estate
-about 15-20 min from our home
-public park next to Hudson river and a perfect spot to admire the new Tanpazee Bridge
-free parking
-about 20-25 min from our home
Pierson Park
238 W Main St-public park next to Hudson river and a perfect spot to admire the new Tanpazee Bridge
-free parking
-about 20-25 min from our home
-A great place to make a couple of swings. One of the few non-membership golf club with a driving range
-15 min from our place
-free parking and entrance
Mohansic Golf Course
1500 Baldwin Rd-A great place to make a couple of swings. One of the few non-membership golf club with a driving range
-15 min from our place
-free parking and entrance
-Best known state park great for hiking and sightseeing. Can drive to the top of the mountain and admire a grand view of Hudson valley and river
-$10 parking fee but guest can borrow our Empire State Pass
-about 30 min drive from our home
260 locals recommend
Bear Mountain State Park
3006 Seven Lakes Drive-Best known state park great for hiking and sightseeing. Can drive to the top of the mountain and admire a grand view of Hudson valley and river
-$10 parking fee but guest can borrow our Empire State Pass
-about 30 min drive from our home
-a fun place to visit of the writers' home
-about 25-30 min drive from our home
22 locals recommend
Washington Irving's Sunnyside
3 W Sunnyside Ln-a fun place to visit of the writers' home
-about 25-30 min drive from our home
-a grand budda temple hidden in the green mountain, a tranquil and calm place to relax and make a wish
-about 40 min drive
-free parking and entrance
39 locals recommend
Chuang Yen Monastery
2020 NY-301-a grand budda temple hidden in the green mountain, a tranquil and calm place to relax and make a wish
-about 40 min drive
-free parking and entrance
-Fahnestock State Park has a beautiful lake and beach and great trails
-about 40 min from our place
-$8 entrance but guest can borrow our Empire State Park Pass
48 locals recommend
Fahnestock State Park Campground
Clarence Fahnestock State Park-Fahnestock State Park has a beautiful lake and beach and great trails
-about 40 min from our place
-$8 entrance but guest can borrow our Empire State Park Pass
Mianus River Gorge Preserve
167 Mianus River RdWe haven't been there but guest enjoyed it
Just 15 min away, Audubon Center has a great natural center and garden trail. A great place for birds watching, to relax and have a romantic walk under the autumn sun.
12 locals recommend
Greenwich Audubon Center
613 Riversville RdJust 15 min away, Audubon Center has a great natural center and garden trail. A great place for birds watching, to relax and have a romantic walk under the autumn sun.