Shops in High Falls: www.highfallsnewyork.com
 On Sundays there is a Flea Market in the town square.
Also check out The Canal Museum. You can go on a short walking tour of the canal in High Falls just behind the Depuy Canal House Restaurant. Or cross the street and walk a short paved trail to the falls.
Restaurants/Food in High Falls
For food, you can’t go wrong with any restaurant in High Falls.
New Paltz: (10 min away) www.newpaltzchamber.org
- The Bakery 13 A North Front Street (845) 255-8840 www.ilovethebakery.com
Great coffee, bagels, croissants, rolls, rugulah, danish and butter cookies
- Gadaleto's Seafood Market & Restaurant,
246 Main Street (845) 255-1717
- Gomen-Kudasai 215 Main Street (845) 255-8811 Japanese & sushi
- Harvest Café, Restaurant & Wine Bar Water Street Market (845) 255-4205 www.harvestcafenp.com
Great food and views of the ‘gunks’
- Karma Road Vegetarian Deli 11 Main Street (845) 255-1099 www.karmaroad.net lunch & desert, vegetarian
- Locust Tree Restaurant 215 Huguenot Street (845) 255-7888 www.locusttree.comThe vision of a European country house, the menu offers Northern European cuisine with French, Northern Italian, Austrian and German influences. Seasonal products from local farms and free-range/grass fed meats are featured regularly on the menu.
- Main Street Bistro
59 Main Street (845) 255-7766 www.mainstreetbistro.com Mon- Fri: 8am - 4pm Sat & Sun: 7am - 6pm (reopen for dinner 4/3) Breakfast all day
- Mountain Brauhaus Restaurant 3123 Route 44/55 Gardiner (845) 255-9766 Great German food at the base of the cliffs. www.mountainbrauhaus.com
- Rock Da Pasta 62 Main Street (845) 255-1144 Specializing in gluten-free and vegan pasta dishes and desserts. Open for lunch and dinner Wed – Mon, late night on weekends. Beer and wine. Take out available. www.rockdapasta.com
- Suruchi - A Fine Taste of India 5 Church Street (845) 255-2772 www.suruchiindian.com
- Wrapsody Grill 25 North Chestnut Street (845) 256-1115 www.wrapsodygrillnewpaltz.com great lunch and next to Pegasus shoe outlet.
- Yanni Restaurant Café 51 Main Street (845) 256-0988 Greek food, yum.
- The Village TeaRoom 10 Plattekill Ave (845) 255-3479 www.thevillagetearoom.com
Stone Ridge: (10 min away)
- Jack and Luna’s Café excellent lunch
- Momiji Japanese Restaurant
- Emmanuel’s Grocery & plaza is just a short way up on the right
- Davenports Farm Stand open March –Nov Get bread, soup & cider doughnuts to go
- Lydia’s country breakfast and deli, south of town
Ellenville: (30 min away)
Aroma Thyme Bistro www.aromathymebistro.com for great local and conscientious dining
Rosendale: (20 min away) www.townofrosendale.com
Where cement was discovered! There is an elevated (155’ high) railroad bridge with new railing and a boardwalk you can stroll on.
- Rosendale Café vegan & vegetarian, live music
- The Bywater Bistro 419 Main Street (845) 658-3210 www.bywaterbistro.com
- Red Brick Tavern
- The Big Cheese shop 402 Main Street (845) 658-7175
Kingston: (25 min away) www.ci.kingston.ny.us
- Downtown: Waterfront Strand on the Rondout River & Broadway: you can take a ferry ride on the Hudson River, tour the Maritime Museum, browse shops, galleries and have a nice lunch or dinner.
- Uptown: Senate House Historic Park and Kingston’s many historic stone houses. Then browse the local shops in the Stockade area with covered sidewalks.
Woodstock (40 min away): www.woodstockchamber.com
The Overlook Mountain trail-head is at the Buddhist Monastery up Rock City Rd. If you can endure an hour (or more) trek straight up the mountain, the payoff is an incredible view of the Catskills and beyond. Then go for burritos and ice cream at Taco Juan’s, walk around town, browse the many shops and people watch.
Farm Stands www.rondoutvalleygrowers.org/pdf/RVGAdirectory06.pdf
Fruit Picking
Golf (public courses)
Hiking
Bring water, a day pack, a map and wear good comfortable hiking boots. Always check for ticks after any time spent in the woods or tall grass. Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints. Carry in/ carry out.
- Mohonk Preserve: www.mohonkpreserve.org
- Clove Chapel & Undivided Lot Trails: under 2 miles away. Start at the Clove Chapel where you’ll begin by walking on planks into the woods. You’ll climb gradually and there are some nice view payoffs along the way on the trail to your right.
- Spring Farm Trails: about 4 miles away. Start here to hike many trails including to Bontique Crag.
- Coxing Entry trails: Split Rock Swimming hole is at the start of the trail here. You can get to the Lost City from here.
- Trapps Entry: to hike along the climbing area above Rt 44/55. Great views of the cliffs and valley. You can watch the climbers or be a climber here.
- Mohonk Preserve Visitor Center: A good place to get started (on Rt 44/55 below the hairpin curve).
- Minnewaska State Park Preserve (7 mi away): www.lakeminnewaska.org
You’ll first come to the Peterskill entrance to the park. There is a great trail there that winds along next to the Peterskill Stream. There is rock climbing at this entrance too.
If you continue on 44/55 and on your left you’ll come to the another Minnewaska State Park Preserve entrance. If you can, park up top and take a walk on the carriage road around the glacially formed Lake Minnewaska.
- The Beacon Hill foot trail is great for spotting glacially polished quartz conglomerate rock and the views of the Wallkill Valley.
- The hike to Castle Point on the blue carriage trail is full of great views.
- Take the green trail to Lake Awosting.
- Try the foot trails instead of the carriageways for a more intimate experience. You can mountain bike on any of the carriageways at Minnewaska. Helmet required.
Swimming is open from Memorial to Labor Day.
- Sam’s Point Dwarf Pine Ridge Preserve:
www.nature.org/samspoint/ You’ll be on top of the world, taller than the trees. The Ice Caves usually have ice in them until early-mid summer!
Historic and Other Destinations:
- D& H Canal Historical Society Museum, www.canalmuseum.org Mohonk Rd, High Falls (845)687-9311 Learn how coal from Pennsylvania and cement from Rosendale were transported to NYC via this canal completed in 1828 and spanning 108 miles. Take a tour of the canal and locks which run through the middle of High Falls.
- Huguenot Historical Society of New Paltz www.huguenotstreet.org 18 Broadhead St, New Paltz (845)255-1660 See where & how the founders of New Paltz lived! Seven of the twelve original 1700’s Dutch Style Stone houses are preserved as house museums.
- Snyder Estate - Century House www.centuryhouse.org Rt 213 Rosendale (845)658-9900 Cement was discovered in Rosendale in 1825. The Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty both sit on Rosendale Cement. The Century House Historical Society is dedicated to the industrial history of the Rosendale natural cement region. The Snyder Estate Natural Cement Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Stockade Historic District Uptown Kingston: With its many stone houses, the Stockade Area is one of the oldest neighborhoods in America.
- Senate House Museum 312 Fair St Kingston (845)338-2786. 1676 house. During a British invasion in 1777
 New Yorkers met here to form a new state government. They fled when the British burned Kingston on Oct 16, 1777 (which each year is reenacted).
- Culinary Institute of America www.ciachef.edu (about 45 mi away)The CIA operates five award-winning, student-staffed public restaurants. Reservations call 845-471-6608, Visitors can also enjoy breath-taking views of the scenic Hudson River from a 30,000 square foot terrace.
- Storm King Art Center: www.stormking.org (45 min away)500 acre outdoor sculpture park and museum, Mountainville, NY (845)534.3115
- Mohonk Mountain House www.mohonk.com
Music, Arts, and Theaters
- Bard College, Annandale on Hudson (845) 758-7900
- Bardovan 1869 Opera House ,Poughkeepsie (845) 473-2072 and Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) 601 Broadway Kingston 331-1613: the Hudson Valley’s leading performance venues, both listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- OPUS 40 & Quarryman’s Museum, Saugerties 246-3400. Four-season concerts at a six-acre stone sculpture. Amazing!
- Rosendale Theater (movie) Main St Rosendale 658-8989
- Shadowland Theater, (performance)157 Canal St, Ellenville647-5511
- SUNY New Paltz
- Summer Repertory Theatere 257-3880 for more info. Admission is $12-16
- Samuel Dorsky Museum Great rainy day activity
- Piano Summer $27- 37 McKenna Theater
- Tinker St Cinema 132 Tinker St (rt 212) Woodstock 679-6608
- Upstate Films (movies)Rhinebeck on Rt. 9 (845) 876-2515
Rail Trails - ramble or ride your bike
- New Paltz Go south to Gardiner or north to Rosendale along the Wallkill River.
- Stone Ridge/High Falls: follow first set of directions to High Falls. At the light, go straight. Make next left onto Leggett Road. A short way up on the Right is a parking area in the woods.
Bicycle Rentals:
- Table Rock Tours & Bicycles www.trtbicycles.com (845) 658-7832 Main St (Rt. 213) Rosendale Mon. Wed. Thurs. Fri. 11-7 Sat. 11-5 and Sun. 12-5 Tues.—Closed. Bike rentals $25 a day $15 per hour. Guide Service $45 per hour. Our friend Christian Favatta is the owner. Say ‘Hi’ from Noah and Michelle, too.
- Bicycle Depot www.bicycledepot.com (845)255-3859 14 Main St New Paltz Mon, Wed, Fri &, Sat: 10-6, Tue: Closed, Th 11-7, Sun: 10-5
Swimming:
- From your cottage, wear sturdy shoes and hike about 1 mile (about 15 minutes) through the woods on an old logging road. Refresh and relax, then prepare for the up-hill return! Or you can drive to this spot, the Peterskill Swimming hole on Tow Path Rd.
- Split Rock Mohonk Preserve at the Coxing kill entry
- Minnewaska State Park. Beaches are open from Memorial Day to Labor day. Entrance fee per car is $7. Swimming in designated places only at Minnewaska Lake (close to the upper parking lot) and at Lake Awosting (five mile one way hike or bike).
- Ulster County Pool, New Paltz. At the county fair grounds. scenic views of the cliffs from there. Showers, changing room, picnic tables and snack bar. First day of summer to Labor day. In County Residents $3.50 adults and $1.75 children 12 and under.
Prices are double for out of county residents.
- Town of Rosendale Recreation Center Pool. Follow directions to Rosendale. Go to the light Make a right onto Rt 32 S. The Rec Center is less than a mile ahead on the right. 12-8 every day. Showers, changing rooms. $4 adults.$3 teens, $2 children under 13 and under 3 free. Ball field & playground too.
 Horseback Riding
- Nevele Grande (845) 647-7556 at the Nevele Grande Restort and County Club one mile South of Ellenville on Rt 209. Miles of scenic trails. All riders welcome. Call to reserve.
- HITS (Horses in the Sun) in Saugerties for Horse shows!
Wine Trail:
www.shawangunkwinetrail.com
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