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The Performing Arts Center  (show details)  (hide details)
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577
914 251-6200
www.artscenter.org
4 miles/10 minutes
A landmark performing arts center on the SUNY Purchase campus,
this spectacular complex of concert halls and theatres attracts more than
125,000 people each year to some 600 cultural events. It presents fifteen
professional series of music, dance and theatre performances and many special
events that draw internationally renowned orchestras and ballet
companies, as well as legendary solo performers.
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Hudson River Museum (show details) (hide details)
511 Warburton Ave
Yonkers, NY
914 963-4550
www.hrm.org
14 miles / 25 minutes
The Museum complex is comprised of six art galleries, the Andrus
Planetarium, and Glenview
Mansion, an historic
house museum dated 1876. Permanent and special thematic exhibits cover
a diverse and fascinating range of art, photography, sculpture and even sound
from the 19th , 20th and 21st centuries. Planetarium shows cater to even the youngest
enthusiast, offering stargazing “tours” for children 6 years and upwards.
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Marshlands Conservancy (show details) (hide details)
Route 1
Rye, NY
914-835-4466
Marchlands Conservancy is a 170-acre preserve with a variety of diverse habitats including the salt marsh and the largest meadow in southern Westchester. Its woods, fresh water ponds, streams and Long Island Sound shoreline provide undisturbed habitats for many animals and plants. Marshlands Conservancy has naturalist-conducted programs and includes the 23-acre Jay property.
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Ward Pound Ridge Reservation (show details) (hide details)
Routes 35 & 121 South
Cross River, NY
914-864-7317
This 4,315-acre location, off the shores of the Hudson, provides campers an ideal location to get outdoors. On site, Croton Point Park has tent and RV sites and vacation cabins near Cross River. Campers can pitch their tents and relax, while taking part in activities, such as, freshwater fishing, hiking and stargazing. Additionally, the park has weekend nature interpretive programs throughout the year, which is hosted by on-site Trailside Nature Museum.
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Kingsland Point Park (show details) (hide details)
Palmer Avenue, Off Route 9
Sleepy Hollow, New York
914-366-5109
Kingsland Point Park is an 18-acre park on the Hudson River. It has ball fields, picnic areas, kayaking and access to Tarrytown Lighthouse.
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Bear Mountain State Park (show details) (hide details)
Located about 30 miles north of White Plains at the intersection of the Palisades Parkway and Route 9W.
Bear Mountain State Park in Bear Mountain, N.Y., has something for everyone. From miles of hiking trails to an inn with all the comforts of home, the park offers nature in all of its glory for both the avid outdoorsman as well as those just out for a scenic Sunday stroll.
Nestled along the Hudson River, Bear Mountain was so-named because the profile of the mountain resembles a bear lying down.
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Pocantico Lakes (show details) (hide details)
Old Sleepy Hollow Road
Briarcliff Manor, NY
914-862-7000
Pocantico Lake, owned by the Westchester County Department of Parks and Recreation, has been available for hiking, fishing, equestrian, and nature studies since 1916. It was originally a water supply reservoir. Pocantico Lake has 164 acres, is 35 feet in heights and is 300 feet in length.
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Rockefeller State Park Preserve (show details) (hide details)
Located on County Route 117 in Tarrytown.
The most notable feature of the Preserve is the system of carriage roads built by John D. Rockefeller Sr. and John D. Rockefeller Jr. Designed to complement the landscape, the carriage roads, many of which are handicapped accessible, allow visitors to experience and enjoy the natural wonders of the area. These scenic paths wind through wetlands, woodlands, meadows, and fields and past streams, rivers, and lakes. They traverse wood and stone bridges, including the first triple arch bridge in America. One road passes by the foundation of Rockwood Hall, once the 220 room home of William Rockefeller.
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Lasdon Park, Arboretum & Veterans Memorial (show details) (hide details)
Wood Street and Route 35
Somers, NY
914-864-7268
Lasdon Park, Arboretum is Westchester’s largest public arboretum encompassing 235 acres. This arboretum hosts formal gardens and specimen plants from all over the world right here in Westchester. Activities on property include: gardening workshops, botanical art classes, art exhibits and fundraising plant sales. The Shop at Lasdon provides garden gift items and plants for purchase.
Also on property is the Westchester Veterans Museum. Here, they honor veterans with memorials dedicated to wartime soldiers throughout our nation’s history.
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Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens (show details) (hide details)
Pepsico World Headquarters
Anderson Hill Road
Purchase,NY 10577
914-253-2001
4 miles/10 minutes
Former CEO of Pepsico, Donald M Kendall, conceived these
spectacular gardens as an integration of architecture, landscape, and
sculpture. The 144 acre complex houses a world-acclaimed sculpture collection
featuring works by Auguste Rodin, Henri Laurens, Henry Moore, Alexander Calder,
and Alberto Giacometti, among others. The gardens were
originally designed by the world famous garden planner, Russell Page, and have
been extended by François Goffinet.
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Briarcliff Peekskill Trailway (show details) (hide details)
Ossining to Peeskill
914-864-7000
The Briarcliff-Peekskill Trailway, a 12-mile park, runs from the town of Ossining north to Westchester County's Blue Mountain Reservation in Peekskill. The Briarcliff-Peekskill Trailway provides guests many beautiful sites along the way, including views of water cascading over the magnificent stone spillway at the county’s Croton Gorge Park, and a view of the Hudson River from the 560-foot high Spitzenberg Mountain at Blue Mountain Reservation.
The Briarcliff-Peekskill Trailway is one element of the county’s extensive trail system that also includes the North County Trailway, South County Trailway and the Bronx River Pathway.
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Bronx River Pathway (show details) (hide details)
Yonkers to Valhalla
914-864-7000
The Bronx River Parkway Reservation, Westchester’s oldest park, is an 807-acre paved linear park that was created as an adjunct to the Bronx River Parkway that opened in 1925. The Reservation touts a number of “firsts:” it was the first linear park in Westchester, as well as one of the first in the country, and, the Bronx River Parkway was the first parkway in the nation. The Reservation also has the distinction of being the first official Westchester County Park, whose establishment led to the creation of today’s County Park System of more than 50 parks spanning nearly 18,000 acres.
The picturesque Reservation, which runs through the heart of southern Westchester County, features ponds, wooden footbridges, and hundreds of varieties of native trees and shrubs. It is a favorite place for bicycling, walking, running and nature study.
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North County Trailway (show details) (hide details)
Mt. Pleasant to Putnam County Line
914-864-7000
The North County Trailway is a paved bicycle and pedestrian path located primarily on right-of-way lands of the former Putnam Division of the New York Central Railroad. The Putnam Railroad once served 23 stations in Westchester, some of which still stand today. Included is the Tudor-revival style Briarcliff Manor Station, which is now used as a public library. Other former stations can be found along the trailway in Millwood and in Railroad Park in Yorktown Heights. Historic marker plaques have been placed at most of the former station locations.
The Putnam Right-of-Way spans 36.2 linear miles through Westchester County, of which 22.1 miles comprise the North County Trailway. The remaining 14.1 miles, south of Eastview to the Bronx border, is being developed in sections as the South County Trailway.
The North County Trailway is one element of an extensive countywide trailway system that includes the Bronx River Pathway, Briarcliff- Peekskill Trailway, South County Trailway and many planned bike routes along the county’s roads. This Trailway is from Eastview in the Town of Mt. Pleasant, to Baldwin Place in Somers. It continues north into Carmel in Putnam County for 7.5 miles as the Putnam Trailway.
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Hudson Hills Golf Course (show details) (hide details)
400 Croton Dam Rd. (Rte 134)
Ossining, NY
914-864-3000
Hudson Hills is a 7,000 yard, par 71 championship golf course that takes full advantage of its setting in the Hudson River Valley. Perched atop the first tee, golfers are treated to a beautiful vista, with nearly one third of the golf course in view. But don’t be too distracted by the beauty of this hilly countryside, because strategically placed golf shots are paramount to mastering Hudson Hills.
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Hilltop Hanover Farm (show details) (hide details)
914-962-2368
Hilltop Hanover Farm is considered one of Westchester County’s environmental resource centers. According to Westchester County Parks Magazine, this 187-acre farm “promotes sustainable agricultural and environmental education through demonstration, exhibits, farming practices and educational events.”
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Playland (show details) (hide details)
Playland Ave
Rye, NY 10580
914 813-7000
www.ryeplayland.org
9 miles/16 minutes
Playland is Metro New York's family amusement park and
entertainment center. Located on scenic Long Island Sound, with its own
beach, boardwalk and pier, it offers lake boating, mini golf, and indoor
ice-skating, as well as more than 50 rides for children and adults. Playland
was America's
first totally planned amusement park and became the prototype for today's
successful theme parks. Dedicated as a National Historic Landmark in
1987, it is America's
only government owned and operated amusement park.
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The Westchester Mall (show details) (hide details)
125 Westchester Avenue
White Plains,
NY 10601
914 683 8600
0.6 mile/2 minutes
Westchester
County’s answer to Rodeo Drive, The
Westchester mall houses 150 luxury stores under one spectacular skylit roof. Anchor
stores Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom’s keep illustrious company with designer names
including Tiffany’s, Coach, Armani, and Louis Vuiton, as well as sophisticated
favorites like Crate & Barrel, Ann Taylor, and Abercrombie and Fitch. Carpeted walkways, marble floors, and commissioned
sculptures interspersed throughout three levels make this a deluxe shopping
mecca.
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