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dutchess county · new york welcome to dutchess county dutchess county was formed in 1683 as one of the original counties of new york in a bold move by english colonial governor thomas dongan to cut off new england expansion and confirm control of the northeast by the stuart monarchy our name honors maria beatrice d este the dutchess old spelling of york her husband james the duke as proprietor and future king named everything he controlled for relatives and friends the sole inhabitants then were the wappinger indians by 1700 small settlements were growing where the hudson and kills dutch for streams ...

site at www.dutchesstourism.com scenic driving tours tour 4 ... some of the most beautiful roads and scenic views found here tour 5 ...

and historians have found in our scenic and historic riches the inspiration for ... in shorter trips along our historic and scenic byways the dutchess county tourism ... the support of the co-sponsors of our scenic and historic drive tour guide each ...

dutchess county · new york getting here from new york city follow signs from the henry hudson pkwy to the sawmill river pkwy to the taconic pkwy north exit at rt 52 or 55 east or west or take i-87 north new york state thwy to exit 17 at newburgh to i-84 east to rt 9 north or continue east on i-84 to the taconic pkwy north or continue east on i-84 to rt 22 north from long island cross the whitestone bridge to the hutchinson river pkwy take the hutchinson to i-684 north to rt 22 north or take i-684 north to i-84 west to the taconic pkwy north or continue west on i-84 to rt 9 north from connecticut ...

some of the most beautiful roads and scenic views are found here 6 ...

in 1980 as the first state historic-scenic landscape this includes 18th and 19th c ...

on rt 199 6 river rd designated as a scenic road within the mid-hudson shorelands ... scenic district this route passes a number of ...

bays 14 tivoli bays unique area and scenic views l rt 9g near cr 79 established ...

tour 1 turn right on cr 50 jackson corners rd and drive 0.6 mile to taconic parkway 19 jackson corners and gaddes store i cr 56 at cr 50 jackson corners was an important stop on the nobletown stage road to northern new england before the end of the 18th c gaddes store 1773 was one of many inns along the route spaced roughly ten miles apart so horses could be changed and passengers allowed to stretch a few hundred feet into columbia county leads to the taconic parkway for a side trip wilcox park a short distance on rt 199 east is 615 acres of forested hills streams and a lake for swimming boating ...

tour 1 26 red hook village rts 9 and 199 park and walk to village center a settlement since the mid 1700s this area was once called hardscrabble and later lower red hook remnants of 18th c farms and estates predate the village inn at red hook www.theredhookinn.com 845/758-8445 stop at the 1841 federal style inn at red hook for your overnight stay or dine in there causally elegant restaurant roasted garlic turn left at intersection to rt 9 south drive 2.4 miles to stone church rd 27 quitman house l rt 9 this 1798 parsonage was the birthplace of brig gen john a quitman military hero mexican war ...

tour 2 tour 2 prantlack farm wilber clock tower harlem valley rail trail welcome to pine plains northeast washington and stanford with some of the most spectacular views in the us this is farm country where growth occurred mainly due to 18th c iron mines and 19th c railroad expansion pine plains spreading over 29.8 square miles is said to be the site of the country s first christian congregation of native americans converted by moravian missionaries ca 1742 during the 19th c the hamlet became a major railroad center for local agriculture industry and mining established as a town in 1823 dairy farming ...

tour 2 cr 19 9 cr 83a ro ut e pa rk w ay pine plains rou te c r ro 1 ute 99 taconic sta t 2 lake rd e 6 199 7 c r 70 8 9 rout e 22 c r 53 16 cr 8 8 r 8 3 northeast donney r d finish 23 cr 65 c r 65 c cr 6 start here 5 cr 59 50 maple st 12 c 2 r6 10 cr 6 0 11 13 199 3 8 ro ut te rou e better cross rd 15 r c r 64 te ou 2 1 3 4 cr 83 44 1 ill rd cr 65 1 9 22 ut ro 2 e8 21 20 c r 86 pugsley h tour route cr stanford 19 6 cr 8 cr 5 82 2 cr 62 14 brown and white directional and site signs 17 62 miles 2.5 hours start the tour starts at the i rt 199 off the taconic parkway drive 1.0 mile to the entrance ...

area at the crest commands breathtaking scenic views moravian monument 5 rowe family ...

trail pass under it twelve miles of scenic paved walking rollerblading biking and ...

height of the great awakening revival scenic views white fences and grazing horses ...

rd cr 86 drive 4.1 miles to cr 65 this scenic road leads to the hamlet of bangall ... in the county 20 cagney farm r scenic views surround a modest stone ranch ...

tour 3 tour 3 vanderbilt historic site springwood top cottage welcome to hyde park clinton and pleasant valley this route begins in hyde park a familiar area to visitors but soon breaks away from the river into the hills of clinton and pleasant valley be sure to stop and visit the many historic sites throughout the area hyde park was named for edward hyde lord cornbury eccentric provincial governor of new york who in 1705 presented a parcel of land along the river to his secretary peter fauconnier hyde s name was given to an estate on that property and later to the town the town formed in 1821 ...

tour 3 old po s d tr cro f id staatsburg o ir r 14 9 cr 16 cr 37 13 pleasant plains rymp hr d 8 sout h route 9 rd cr 17 cros s rd 7 town of hyde park hibernia 5 6 hyde park village route 9 g 22 ca rd in 15 salt point ta way co park nic state 4 roosevelt inn of hyde park twist restaurant coppola s of hyde park 23 cr 41 ro ute 1 15 al rd cr 41 cr 16 3 2 route 9 24 c 9 r 3 melville route 9g rd town of pleasant valley tinkert e4 ut ro rd taconic s tate par kway 4 ow n ll r d ro 1 ute 1 pin e hi 26 cr 39 cre ek r cr 40a g route 9 rou te 9 va n ro ute start here 1 route 44 r brow n rd cr 71 rd ...

tour 3 an important research library for roosevelt-era scholars and the museum appeals to history buffs of all ages the henry a wallace visitor and education center opened in 2003 and named for the former secretary of agriculture 1933­40 and vice-president during fdr s third term enables visitors to purchase tickets at one location for all local nps sites it features multipurpose rooms for conferences state-of-theart audio-visual facilities an auditorium and a new museum store the historic hyde park trail connects 8.5 miles of hiking trails between this site and others along the hudson river admission ...

tour 3 the narrow lane lined by trees and stone walls passes the former union free school l wooden barns with unique trefoil and quadrifoil windows victorian-era houses and a former stage stop the former bodenstein ice tool factory l and a cluster of earlier stores and an inn stand near the town fire house l and post office l on the r side of the road is a sandstone mile marker st margaret s episcopal church r nearby is a mid-19th c english gothic adaptation noted for its french medieval stained glass windows a gift of ogden mills the original home of the congregation a small carpenter gothic ...

tour 3 15 salt point a transportation center for grains and cattle two traditions account for the name the first holds that indians and early settlers set out salt licks to attract deer the second recalls a cattle drover s trick of fattening herds on the way to market by feeding cattle salt before their final fording increasing sale weight by adding water today farms are devoted to horse cattle and sheep breeding drive 3.1 miles on rt 44 west to albrecht s dairy 17 albrecht s dairy r main house ca 1797 an early structure on approach to the village drive 0.2 mile to st paul s episcopal church ...

tour 3 drive 1.7 miles south on rt 9g to entrance of eleanor roosevelt national historic site at val-kill 25 eleanor roosevelt national historic site at val-kill l the name translates to stream of falls this 180-acre wooded plot on the fallkill was a favorite roosevelt family picnic spot in 1924 fdr deeded it to his wife and friends to build a weekend retreat the first building on the site stone cottage was inspired by 18th c hudson valley dutch farmhouses val-kill industries a crafts training and rural economic development experiment began and ended here in a simple stucco building called ...

tour 4 tour 4 allyn s restraunt silo ridge country club welcome to washington and amenia washington est in 1788 at 61.47 sq mi is the amenia one of dutchess first 9 towns is said to have been largest in area of dutchess 20 towns named to honor gen washington unsupported local legend pictures his revolutionary troops encamped under a huge cottonwood tree near washington hollow during the war before the end of the 19th c history records peaceful new england quakers organizing meetings and schools here in the 19th c town streams supplied the power for local mills its rolling hills commanding beautiful ...

tour 4 52 miles 2 hours start this tour begins at route 44 east exit off of taconic parkway drive 1.8 miles to rt 44a 1 cornell cooperative extension of dutchess county l provides educational programs for youth adults families and communities while enhancing the economic social agricultural and natural resources of dutchess county call 845/677-3488 for turn left on franklin ave drive 0.8 mile to rt 44 east 5 millbrook village flourished as a result of local businessmen such as george h brown owner of the united states condensing co est 1864 who brought in the newburgh dutchess columbia rr ...

tour 4 scenic views l frame lithgow an 18th c farm ... valley rail trail r that features scenic paved walking rollerblading biking and ...

tour 4 11 troutbeck country inn r formerly a gathering place for the literati and liberals of the twenties this gentle upscale 600-acre english estate hosts weddings conferences and country inn visitors www.troutbeck.com 845/373-9681 a romantic european country house on the ny/ct border site of the 1916 amenia conference that unified the naacp glorious grounds and gardens babbling brook 42 guestrooms tennis courts dover turnpike rt 343 leading over the fishkill range was a branch of the dutchess turnpike a toll road 13 dutchess day school r founded in the 1950s by a group of parents interested ...

tour 5 tour 5 barmore road trinity church palen/platt home welcome to poughkeepsie and lagrange the route begins north of the city of poughkeepsie on the hudson winding into the town and past the remaining farms and orchards of lagrange poughkeepsie was settled in 1687 after a patent was issued to robert sanders and myndert harmense the city and town are governed separately city of poughkeepsie measures 4.78 square miles town of poughkeepsie encompasses 38.68 the first settlement near the falkill retained its wappinger indian name uppuqui-ipis-ing meaning reed-covered lodge by the little water ...

architecture drive 0.1 mile 5 scenic views of the hudson river and waryas ...

tour 5 the name of a high lookout point near the bridge where traders once watched for sloops riverside parking trails picnic benches 6 fdr mid-hudson bridge r a steel suspension bridge built during the administration of governor franklin d roosevelt opened august 1930 it marked the end of ferries and the beginning of the nys bridge authority 7 poughkeepsie railroad station l nr erected in 1918 and modeled after nyc s grand central station it had fallen into disrepair and disuse in the 1960s carefully restored it provides a thriving mode of transportation for metro-north rr and amtrak from the ...

tour 5 locust grove samuel morse historic site 11 poughkeepsie rural cemetery r in 1852 matthew vassar and a select committee chose the former smith thompson farm rust plaets dutch for resting place near the old livingston family plot as a cemetery site beautiful landscaped grounds and outbuildings reflect rural cemetery movement aesthetics that were dedicated november 2 1853 tradition holds the marshy area east of the cemetery to be the little resting place that named poughkeepsie grounds open daily please respect cemetery rules 12 locust grove samuel morse historic site r nr in 1847 samuel ...

prior to the american revolution 24 scenic views the view from guernsey hill ...

tour 5 26 freedom plains presbyterian church l the congregation formed in 1827 met in a barn until the lumber for the church arrived by sloop from albany in 1828 30 glebe house l a small brick house museum built 1767 as a farm/rectory or glebe for christ episcopal church open by appt call 845/471-1630 for turn right on freedom rd cr 47 bear right and continue on freedom rd cr 47 drive 1.7 miles to mountain rd freedom the original name of the town in 1821 was also given to the old road to oswego farms along the route date from the 18th c working farms today include orchards dairies vegetable ...

tour 6 tour 6 west pawling post office webatuck village ten mile river welcome to union vale beekman pawling and dover our tour takes us through 4 towns in the southeastern corner of dutchess framed by the fishkill and taconic ranges much of this area s early history is linked to boundary disputes with new england in the 19th c growth was spurred by the development of rail service that now encourages tourism and commuting union vale measuring 38.10 sq mi was separated from pawling also established in 1788 encompasses 48.10 beekman and freedom now lagrange in 1827 its most striking feature is the ...

drive 0.7 mile and bear left on cr 89 4 scenic view pull-off on rickes road for scenic ...

tour 6 drive 1.4 miles to north clove rd cr 9 turn right and drive 3.2 miles to i of cr9 cr 24 5 abel tree farm pvt both sides of road at abel pond grows christmas trees 6 union vale grange #887 l active since 1900 the town garage r was a wpa project north clove at the northern end of the valley is a tiny farming community drive 1.4 miles to dorn rd turn left on dorn rd drive 0.8 mile to furnace rd turn right and drive 0.4 mile to stop sign at cr9 unmarked 12 beekman furnace l in the 19th c processed 700 tons of ore annually from union vale mines the impressive remains of the clove springs ...

its boundaries underscoring gorgeous scenic views the farm made its mark in the ...

area is noted for its extraordinary scenic views 30 christ church at akin hall/ ...

river that empties into the housatonic scenic views l along ten mile river old ... year round call 845/832-9311 for 37 scenic view r hudson valley artist asher ...

tour 7 tour 7 mount gulian historic site tallix inc madame brett homestead welcome to wappingers falls fishkill beacon and east fishkill wappinger takes its name from the wappinger indians beacon is named for its nearby mountain landmark and who lived in dutchess along the hudson settled in the 18th c and established as a town in 1875 it measures 27.05 square miles and includes the village of wappingers falls new hackensack hughsonville chelsea myers corners and stringham mill the wappinger and sprout creeks as well as the hudson river and king s highway rt 9 made the area appealing for early ...

tour 7 45 miles 2.5 hours start the tour begins in the town of wappinger on rt 376 at the service entrance to the dutchess county airport 1 new hackensack reformed church burial ground l formed in 1765 members built their first house of worship in 1766 on land given by joris brinckerhoff the woronock house restaurant r is a former inn dating to the mid-1700s successive renovations mask earlier vernacular architecture 4 mesier park nr l the only real village green in dutchess county has been a public park since ca 1891 when henry mesier sold it to the village for $5000 annual events focus around ...

of the van wyck ridge where there are scenic vistas east and south continue 1 block ... 6 miles on north river rd to bank st 11 scenic river vistas r near chelsea open along ... public lands line the road on the l are scenic vistas of the fishkill range and mt ...

tour 7 turn around and return to stop sign at entrance of complex turn right on rt 9d drive 1.0 mile to beekman st on rt 9d 17 hamilton fish sr newburgh-beacon bridge r is a through cantilever truss and continuous truss design 7855 feet in length opened as a single span by the nys bridge authority in 1963 it was increased in capacity by a 2nd span in 1980 18 southern dutchess country club r i with verplanck ave the clubhouse has at its center stone cot a dutch farmhouse built ca 1740 by the van voorhis family in the 19th c it was owned by john peter de windt who developed fishkill landing as ...

tour 7 scenic vistas of newburgh bay first called ...

tour 7 29 derick brinckerhoff house l built ca 1719 the large white 2nd empire still owned by the same family began as a modest cottage during the revolution lafayette recuperated from pneumonia here and was also headquarters for gen mcdougall s 1st new york regiment bear right on rt 52 at light at i drive 2.4 miles to cr 31 palen rd 30 nimham monument center island l daniel nimham last sachem of the wappinger was a friend of catharyna brett he fought heroically in the american revolution was injured at the battle of cortland ridge and died with his son in the battle of kingsbridge it is thought ...

hill is one of the most breathtaking scenic vistas l of the catskills in the county ... knolls golf course l est 1937 is a scenic championship 9-hole course set among ...

the towns cities and villages in the scenic drive tours we are grateful to ...

dutchess county economic development corporation dutchess county tourism 3 neptune rd poughkeepsie ny 12601 845/463-4000 · 800/445-3131 www.dutchesstourism.com printed in the usa 12/04