Albany International Airport 1 hr 6
Poets' Walk Park (9 min) Indian Head Mountain (1 hr 1)
Mountain, hiking, and lake Saugerties Lighthouse (31 min)
Quaint B&B in an 1869 lighthouse offering 2 TV-free rooms with a shared bathroom, plus a boat dock. Opus 40 (29 min)
6.5-ac. stone-sculpture park in an abandoned quarry with trails & a museum featuring vintage tools. Catskill Mountain Railroad (24 min)
Charming heritage railroad featuring day trips through scenic mountain & village terrain. North–South Lake (54 min)
Popular recreation area with hiking trails, swimming beaches, small boat rentals & a campground. Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome (15 min)
Museum featuring antique (1900-1935) airplanes, which still fly in shows, plus cars & motorcycles. Overlook Mountain (38 min)
This 3,140-ft-high peak features a 1927 fire tower, trails & the ruins of a historical hotel. Montgomery Place Historic Estate (9 min)
Gracious, historic 380-acre estate with rolling hills, woodlands & views of the Hudson River. Lake Taghkanic State Park (24 min)
Lake activities like fishing, boating & beach swims, plus fields, trails & campsites off the water. Falling Waters Preserve (24 min)
Riverfront, day-use park with trails, grassy fields & a waterfall, plus remains of an old icehouse. Clermont State Historic Site (9 min)
Tours of the circa-1750 mansion, plus hiking trails, gardens & river views on the 500-ac. grounds. Hudson River Maritime Museum (23 min)
Waterfront museum with rotating exhibits & a fleet of small boats, including an 1898 steam tugboat. Olana State Historic Site (18 min)
Tours & exhibits are offered at this grand estate & studio of painter Frederic Edwin Church. Thomas Cole National Historic Site (20 min)
Home of a 19th-century artist & art school, with period landscape paintings & mountain views. | 
