Top 15 Attractions & Things to Do in Hudson River Valley, New York
Top 15 Attractions & Things to Do in Hudson River Valley, New York: Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Home, New York State Capitol, New York State Museum, Storm King Art Center, Kykuit, Val-Kill Cottage, USS Slater DE-766, Olana State Historic Site, Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Mohonk Preserve, Lyndhurst, Washington Park, New Croton Dam
Virtual Road Trip: Hudson River
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The Hudson River is a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York in the United States. The river originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York, flows through the Hudson Valley, and eventually drains into the Atlantic Ocean, between New York City and Jersey City. The river serves as a political boundary between the states of New Jersey and New York, and further north between New York counties. The lower half of the river is a tidal estuary occupying the Hudson Fjord, which formed during the most recent period of North American glaciation, estimated at 26,000 to 13,300 years ago. Tidal waters influence the Hudson's flow from as far north as Troy.
The river is named after Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Dutch East India Company, who explored it in 1609, and after whom Canada's Hudson Bay is also named. It had previously been observed by Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano sailing for King Francis I of France in 1524, as he became the first European known to have entered the Upper New York Bay, but he considered the river to be an estuary. The Dutch called the river the North River – with the Delaware River called the South River – and it formed the spine of the Dutch colony of New Netherland. Settlements of the colony clustered around the Hudson, and its strategic importance as the gateway to the American interior led to years of competition between the English and the Dutch over control of the river and colony.
Driving through Mid-Hudson Bridge to Main Street, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA (2019)
Poughkeepsie (/pəˈkɪpsi/ pə-KIP-see), officially the City of Poughkeepsie, separate from the Town of Poughkeepsie, is a city in the state of New York, United States, which is the county seat of Dutchess County. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 32,736.[4] Poughkeepsie is in the Hudson Valley midway between New York City and Albany, and is part of the New York metropolitan area.[5][6] The name derives from a word in the Wappinger language, roughly U-puku-ipi-sing,[7] meaning the reed-covered lodge by the little-water place, referring to a spring or stream feeding into the Hudson River south of the present downtown area.[8]
Poughkeepsie is known as The Queen City of the Hudson. It was settled in the 17th century by the Dutch and became New York's second capital shortly after the American Revolution. It was chartered as a city in 1854. Major bridges in the city include the Walkway over the Hudson, a former railroad bridge (originally called the Poughkeepsie Bridge) which re-opened as a public walkway on October 3, 2009; and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge, a major thoroughfare built in 1930 that carries U.S. Route 44 (concurrent with State Route 55) over the Hudson. The city of Poughkeepsie lies in New York's 18th congressional district.
Mid-Hudson Bridge
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge is a toll suspension bridge which carries US 44 and NY 55 across the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie and Highland in the state of New York. Governor and local resident Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor attended the opening ceremony on August 25, 1930. The bridge was renamed the Franklin D. Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge in 1994 though the span is rarely referred to by its official name.
The bridge is 3,000 feet (910 m) long with a clearance of 135 feet (41 m) above the Hudson. At opening, it was the sixth-longest suspension bridge in the world. The chief engineer was Polish immigrant Ralph Modjeski, who had previously engineered the strengthening of the nearby Poughkeepsie Railroad bridge. Primary contractor was the American Bridge Company of Ambridge, Pennsylvania with steel from Carnegie. The span is unusual in that stiffening trusses were intentionally constructed on top of, not below, the deck.
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
The Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area was designated by Congress in 1996 and is one of the now forty-nine federally-recognized National Heritage Areas throughout the United States. Through a partnership with the National Park Service, Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area collaborates with residents, government agencies, non-profit groups and private partners to interpret, preserve and celebrate the nationally-significant cultural and natural resources of the Hudson River Valley. In this way, we encourage public stewardship for these resources as well as economic activity at the local and regional level.
For more information, visit hudsonrivervalley.com
Hudson Valley Museums, Theaters & Art Centers
America’s first arts movement started here in 1825, and paintings by the Hudson River School artists can be found in major museums throughout the world. Modern art is well represented with places such as Storm King Arts Center and Dia:Beacon, both international destinations. Cultural festivals and various artistic performances speak to the diversity of the region, while art colonies and craft villages offer inside views of skilled artisans at work.
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The Underground Beacon in Beacon New York (NY ) - A Comic & Pop Culture Dream on Main Street
In This Abridged February 15, 2019 Episode of Ramblin' Hudson Valley,
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We Meet and Discuss Owning a Comic Book/Pop Culture store in Beacon, NY
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New Croton Dam: Croton-on-Hudson NY
History Part 4 of 6: This video is about The New Croton Dam and is from Speaking of Croton – a 2007 documentary. Reproduced here with permission of the Croton on Hudson Historical Society @Copyright 2007. This set of six movies was prepared & Edited by Ken Sargeant for the Village Historian and The Croton Historical Society.
Northern Trail 2014
This is part one of my amazing trip around the United States starting in June 2014. This part shows my journey from New York across North America where I ended up in Los Angeles (LA) a month later.
If you are wondering what I got up too in Summer 2014, give it a watch! I've also done another video showing my journey from Las Vegas across the southern side of America arriving back in New York City a month later after doing a 360 of America.
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Super 8 Long Island City - Queens Hotels, New York
Super 8 Long Island City 2 Stars - Queens Hotels, New York Within US Travel Directory This Long Island City hotel is 6 blocks from the 21st Street Subway with service to Manhattan. The hotel offers a 24-hour front desk, free on-site parking and free Wi-Fi.
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Super 8 Long Island City, 31-62 14th Street, NY 11106, USA
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Breakneck Ridge Hiking trail
Tired of this chaotic city?
Take the Metro-North Hudson Line to the Cold Spring station and walk north on Route 9D to the trailhead. On weekends and holidays, three trains (two in the morning and one in the early afternoon) stop at the Breakneck Ridge station, a short distance north of the trailhead.
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