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Plan Your Weekend

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Eighteen towns and the city of Hudson

The Towns

Rather than resorts or large-scale attractions, the area is defined by its villages, farmland, and scenic beauty.

Columbia County is located on the east side of the Hudson River.

Plan a Weekend

Every Town

  • Dairy cows gathered in the shade of the trees at Ronnybrook Farm

    Ancram

    • Historic Sites + Attractions: 1
    • Arts + Wellness: 1
    • Wine + Craft Beverage: 1
    • Eats + Drinks: 2
    • Farms + Markets: 4
    • Lodging + Camping: 1
    • Outdoor Adventures: 3

    13 places about 40 min from Hudson

  • A visitor standing in a golden autumn meadow at Steepletop, the hills beyond in fall color

    Austerlitz

    • Historic Sites + Attractions: 2
    • Arts + Wellness: 1
    • Shops + Antiques: 1
    • Eats + Drinks: 1
    • Farms + Markets: 1
    • Lodging + Camping: 3
    • Outdoor Adventures: 3

    12 places 8 coming up about 35 min from Hudson

  • Fall color reflected in the still water at Schor Conservation Area

    Canaan

    • Arts + Wellness: 1
    • Shops + Antiques: 2
    • Wine + Craft Beverage: 1
    • Eats + Drinks: 2
    • Farms + Markets: 1
    • Lodging + Camping: 2
    • Outdoor Adventures: 1

    10 places about 45 min from Hudson

  • An audience gathering at dusk under the open pavilion at PS21 in Chatham

    Chatham

    With the village of Chatham

    • Historic Sites + Attractions: 1
    • Arts + Wellness: 4
    • Shops + Antiques: 17
    • Wine + Craft Beverage: 3
    • Eats + Drinks: 8
    • Farms + Markets: 1
    • Lodging + Camping: 4
    • Outdoor Adventures: 6

    44 places 4 coming up about 35 min from Hudson

  • Two bartenders laughing behind the bar at Olde York Farm in Claverack

    Claverack

    With the village of Philmont

    • Historic Sites + Attractions: 1
    • Arts + Wellness: 1
    • Shops + Antiques: 1
    • Wine + Craft Beverage: 3
    • Eats + Drinks: 10
    • Farms + Markets: 8
    • Lodging + Camping: 4
    • Outdoor Adventures: 2

    32 places 1 coming up about 10 min from Hudson

  • Early spring in the back garden at Clermont State Historic Site, the mansion beyond the trees

    Clermont

    • Historic Sites + Attractions: 1
    • Arts + Wellness: 1
    • Wine + Craft Beverage: 3
    • Eats + Drinks: 1
    • Farms + Markets: 2

    8 places 10 coming up about 30 min from Hudson

  • Aerial view of the golf course at The Greens at Copake Country Club

    Copake

    • Historic Sites + Attractions: 4
    • Arts + Wellness: 3
    • Shops + Antiques: 2
    • Eats + Drinks: 12
    • Farms + Markets: 2
    • Lodging + Camping: 3
    • Outdoor Adventures: 2

    28 places 3 coming up about 35 min from Hudson

  • Gallatin

    • Lodging + Camping: 1

    1 place about 30 min from Hudson

  • The sunlit dining room at Gaskins restaurant in Germantown

    Germantown

    • Shops + Antiques: 6
    • Eats + Drinks: 3
    • Farms + Markets: 5
    • Lodging + Camping: 2
    • Outdoor Adventures: 1

    17 places about 20 min from Hudson

  • Aerial view of an outdoor sculpture exhibit on the lawn at Art Omi in Ghent

    Ghent

    With the village of Chatham

    • Historic Sites + Attractions: 2
    • Arts + Wellness: 5
    • Shops + Antiques: 4
    • Wine + Craft Beverage: 1
    • Eats + Drinks: 13
    • Farms + Markets: 4
    • Lodging + Camping: 1
    • Outdoor Adventures: 6

    36 places 3 coming up about 20 min from Hudson

  • A couple holding hands on the porch of Olana, overlooking the Hudson River at sunset

    Greenport

    • Historic Sites + Attractions: 2
    • Wine + Craft Beverage: 2
    • Eats + Drinks: 15
    • Farms + Markets: 3
    • Lodging + Camping: 2
    • Outdoor Adventures: 6

    30 places 5 coming up about 5 min from Hudson

  • Two riders on the zip line above the autumn forest at Catamount

    Hillsdale

    • Historic Sites + Attractions: 1
    • Arts + Wellness: 5
    • Shops + Antiques: 5
    • Wine + Craft Beverage: 2
    • Eats + Drinks: 6
    • Farms + Markets: 6
    • Lodging + Camping: 6
    • Outdoor Adventures: 1

    32 places 2 coming up about 30 min from Hudson

  • Shoppers filling the hall at Farm and Flea, held at Basilica Hudson

    Hudson

    The city on the river

    • Historic Sites + Attractions: 7
    • Arts + Wellness: 28
    • Shops + Antiques: 97
    • Wine + Craft Beverage: 4
    • Eats + Drinks: 63
    • Farms + Markets: 1
    • Lodging + Camping: 15
    • Outdoor Adventures: 1

    223 places 12 coming up

  • Visitors walking among market tents on the village green in Kinderhook in fall

    Kinderhook

    With the villages of Valatie and Kinderhook

    • Historic Sites + Attractions: 8
    • Arts + Wellness: 5
    • Shops + Antiques: 10
    • Wine + Craft Beverage: 3
    • Eats + Drinks: 25
    • Farms + Markets: 5
    • Lodging + Camping: 3
    • Outdoor Adventures: 6

    66 places 1 coming up about 30 min from Hudson

  • The red barn at Fix Brothers Fruit Farm under a blue sky

    Livingston

    • Historic Sites + Attractions: 1
    • Shops + Antiques: 1
    • Wine + Craft Beverage: 2
    • Eats + Drinks: 5
    • Farms + Markets: 4
    • Lodging + Camping: 1
    • Outdoor Adventures: 1

    15 places 1 coming up about 20 min from Hudson

  • Two modified race cars sliding through a dirt turn at Lebanon Valley Speedway

    New Lebanon

    • Historic Sites + Attractions: 5
    • Arts + Wellness: 1
    • Shops + Antiques: 1
    • Wine + Craft Beverage: 1
    • Eats + Drinks: 8
    • Farms + Markets: 1
    • Lodging + Camping: 2
    • Outdoor Adventures: 2

    21 places about 55 min from Hudson

  • The bow of a red kayak on still water that mirrors the autumn trees at Hudson River Islands State Park

    Stockport

    • Eats + Drinks: 1
    • Outdoor Adventures: 3

    4 places about 10 min from Hudson

  • Stuyvesant

    • Eats + Drinks: 2
    • Outdoor Adventures: 1

    3 places 1 coming up about 25 min from Hudson

  • Taghkanic

    • Historic Sites + Attractions: 1
    • Eats + Drinks: 2
    • Farms + Markets: 1
    • Lodging + Camping: 1
    • Outdoor Adventures: 2

    7 places 5 coming up about 25 min from Hudson