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Great Barrington, Mass - 8 Miles, Sheffield,CT - 9 miles,
Salisbury, CT - 11 miles, Millerton, NY - 11 miles, West
Stockbridge, Mass - 12 miles, Lakeville, CT - 12 miles, South
Lee, Mass - 13 Miles, Hudson, NY - 14 Miles, Falls Village, CT -
14 miles, Kinderhook, NY - 14 miles
TRAVEL TIME Getting there actually is half the fun. Once
you're on the highway, the trip is just beautiful the whole way
up. The drive up the Taconic is about two and a half hours
from the city. The Amtrak train ride to Hudson is two hours.
THINGS
TO DO Hudson has become a center for antique dealers and
collectors, with more than 65 high-end shops along its main
street. Hudson is undergoing a renaissance, with thriving
antiques businesses, a revived economy, and, most recently, a
significant artistic community.
HISTORIC SITES
include beautiful Mount Lebanon Shaker Village and the Shaker
Museum in Old Chatham, and Olana, the Frederic Church estate in
Greenport.
CULTURAL EVENTS
close by include Tanglewood Music Festival, Berkshire Theater
Festival, Hudson Opera House, Berkshire Choral Festival, The
Norman Rockwell Museum, Shakespeare & Company , Shaker Village,
Shaker Museum & Library, Clermont State Historic Site, North
Pointe Cultural Arts Center, Spencertown Academy, Mac0Hayden
Theatre, Time and Space Theater, State Works on the Hudson,
Art/Omi, Jacob's Pillow, MASSMoCA, Jazz, Folk and Bluegrass and
Opera festivals, concerts, Off Broadway Shows.
RECREATION, just
take your pick! Horseback riding, leaf peeping, swimming at
Copake Lake and Taghkanic State Park and Rudd Pond, Public Golf
Courses and country clubs, kayaking, canoeing, tubing and
fishing on the numerous bodies of water, bird watching, Harlem
Valley Rail Trail for biking, Bash Bish Falls, and Alander
Mountain for hiking. Skiing at Catamount Ski Resort is
only 2 miles away and Butternut Basin is about 20 minutes. Cross
Country Skiing, snow shoeing and snow mobiling can be done at
numerous locations; not to mention approximately 5000 acres of
State Park land that lies at the base of the Berkshire
Foothills.
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