Parks & Gardens

Bring your bike, lace up your boots, grab the bridle for an adventure outdoors in upstate New York. Make the most of the Hudson River Valley landscape. Outdoor recreation in Dutchess County includes biking, hiking, horseback riding, golf, kayaking, archery and skeet shooting.

Enjoy many of the quaint parks & gardens of Dutchess County. Whether it’s a stroll or afternoon exploring, you’ll want to visit these places.

Beatrix Farrand Garden at Bellefield

This "secret" little garden is both historic and significant in many ways. The walled garden was designed by Beatrix Farrand, one of America’s most prominent female landscape architects of the early...

LaFayetteville MUA

Multiple Use Area - 718 Acres | Correspondence address and phone: Stony Kill Farm - NYSDEC, Bureau of Public Lands, Rt. 9D, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590, (845) 831-8780 x309... ...

Mills-Norrie State Park

Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park adjoins Ogden Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills Memorial State Park, and together, they comprise more than 1,000 acres. The numerous trails that thread through the gro...

Roeliff Jansen Kill MUA

Multiple Use Area - 125 /- Acres | Correspondence address and phone : Stony Kill Farm - NYSDEC Bureau of Public Lands, Rt. 9D, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590, 845-831-8780... ...

Taconic State Park/Rudd Pond

225 acres, 40 campsites w/hot showers. RVs up to 20-foot accepted. Beach w/swimming, boat rentals, childrens' play area, flush toilets, picnic tables. Cross-country skiing, fishing, forestland, skatin...

Taconic-Hereford MUA

Multiple Use Area - 909 Acres | Correspondence address and phone: Stony Kill Farm - NYSDEC Bureau of Public Lands, Rt. 9D, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590, 845-831-8780 x309... ...

Wassaic State MUA

Multiple Use Area - 488 /- Acres | Correspondence address and phone number: Stony Kill Farm - NYSDEC Bureau of Public Lands, Rt. 9D, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590, 845-831-8780... ...