New York & the Mid-Atlantic Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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Haines
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Big
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Highmount

Hunter

Margaretville

Ellenville

Rhinebeck

Saugerties

Arkville

HydePark

MtTremper

Kingston

Hudson

Catskill

Poughkeepsie

High
Falls

MohonkMountainHouse

Phoenicia

Woodstock

Fleischmanns

Roxbury

Tannersville

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39 milesto‚ 72 milesto
Cooperstown

1 New Paltz
On the western side of
the Hudson is New Paltz,
home of a campus of the
State University of New
York, natural food stores
and a liberal ecofriendly
vibe. A few blocks north
of the center are several
homes of the original
French Huguenot settlers
of New Paltz (c 1677) on
Historic Huguenot Street
(%845-255-1660; http://www.
huguenotstreet.org; 88 Huguenot
St; guided tours adult/child
$16/10; hclosed Tue & Wed,
otherwise check for hours), the
oldest in the US. Water

Tranquil


Catskills


American.painters.discovered.this.mountainous.


region.rising.west.of.the.Hudson.Valley.in.the.mid-


19th.century..They.celebrated.its.hidden.mossy.


gorges.and.waterfalls.as.examples.of.sublime.


wilderness.rivaling.the.Alps.in.Europe..And.while.


the.height.and.profile.of.its.rounded.peaks.might.


have.been.exaggerated.and.romanticized,.while.


traveling.through.the.Catskills.it’s.still.possible.to.


glimpse.the.landscapes.that.beguiled.these.artists.


and.inspires.others.today..


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