The Poughkeepsie Highland Railroad Bridge was built in the late 19th century to link New York and New England to an extensive, nationwide railway network. For decades, it was a major rail corridor for both freight and passengers. Known as the Walkway over the Hudson today, it is the longest pedestrian bridge in the world, spanning 1.28 miles across the Hudson River, providing access to the river's breathtaking landscape for pedestrians, hikers, joggers, bicyclists, and people with disabilities.

Hours: 7AM – Sunset

Free Mobile Audio Tour: https://walkway.org/things-to-...

Vanderbilt Mansion NHS, in terms of architecture, interiors, mechanical systems, road systems and landscape, is a remarkably complete example of a gilded-age country place, illustrating the political, economic, social, cultural, and demographic changes that occurred as America industrialized in the years after the Civil War. The Beaux-Arts Vanderbilt Mansion crowns a 212-acre parkland with river panoramas.

Hours: 9AM - 5PM

The only way to see the mansion is by guided tour ($10pp, approximately 1 hour )

It is a walking tour and approximately 100 stairs involved during the tour

"All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River." - FDR.

This quote captures FDR's connection to Springwood, the estate that he loved & the place he considered home. Tour Springwood, the lifelong home of four-term U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, plus acres of gardens, landscaped lawns, and some of the remaining half-million trees FDR had planted himself.

Hours: 9AM - 4PM

The only way to see the home is by guided tour ($10pp, approximately 1 hour)

All tours begin in the Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center

Plan Bee Farm Brewery’s mission is to brew 100% New York State ingredient beer and to work with local businesses to produce a delicious product for the community they serve. They source all ingredients from the state of New York with many grown on site: “from the yeast we cultivate from our honey comb, to the grain and hops in our fields, if it isn’t in our community it doesn’t enter our beer.”

Hours: Friday, Saturday & Sunday 12pm - 7pm

11 miles from Hampton Inn & Suites Poughkeepsie

Hours: Friday 5pm to 11pm, Saturday 12pm to 11pm, Sunday 12pm to 6pm

5 miles from Hampton Inn & Suites Poughkeepsie

Hours: Friday 4pm - 10pm, Saturday 2pm - 10pm, Sunday 2pm - 8pm

8 miles from Hampton Inn & Suites Poughkeepsie