Water + wind = speed For centuries, that equation has driven sport in the Hudson Valley. Today it motivates people...
A Spin Around the Classic Riverfront Amusement Parks
The Hudson Valley’s modern riverside parks (15 of which Scenic Hudson partnered to help create) have become places where people...
Revisiting Poignant Memories of Mt. Beacon
Although it stands alone today as a natural wonder, for part of the 20th century Mt. Beacon hosted a man-made...
The Old-School Charm of the Irish Alps
As a child, Boston filmmaker Kevin Ferguson spent nearly every summer in the Catskills among a clan of Irish immigrants...
Racing Faster Than a Speeding Car on the Frozen Hudson
It’s rare to see sailboats on the Hudson this time of year. But in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, sail-powered...
The Mountainside Ride That Opened Up the Catskills
As far as Hudson Valley mountain rails go, the Mount Beacon Incline Railway seems to get all the glory. From 1902...
Five Winning Valley Spots to Take a Dip
If ever there were a summer to make a splash, this is it. From the Outdoor Adventures section of our website, we’ve...
Newburgh: the Cradle of American Speed Skating
Back in the days when people could count on the Hudson River freezing over nearly every year, skating on it...
River Skating
Back in the winters when the Hudson River regularly froze over, ice skating on it was a major craze —...
Row Back
In mid-September, the Hudson River Rowing Association and The Mid-Hudson Rowing Association hosted a historic, 5,000-meter race along the course used from...
Cruising History
For a little over a century — from 1863 to 1971, in fact—a cruise on the Hudson River Day Line...
Past Inclinations
If you visited the summit of Mountain Beacon in 1902, likely as a traveler on the brand new incline railway...
