Guidebook for Highland
Food Scene
The Culinary Institute of America
1946 Campus DrGreat restaurants - go late in the semester!
NY's 1st capital is filled with a budding art & food scene. Only 20 minutes drive north.
266 locals recommend
Kingston
NY's 1st capital is filled with a budding art & food scene. Only 20 minutes drive north.
I nvere liked German food until I ate here. In-house scrumptious bakery.
70 locals recommend
Gunk Haus
387 South StI nvere liked German food until I ate here. In-house scrumptious bakery.
Don't let the tacky strip-mall location turn you off. The food is imaginatively realized by a terrific CIA chef.
13 locals recommend
Crew
2290 South RoadDon't let the tacky strip-mall location turn you off. The food is imaginatively realized by a terrific CIA chef.
Sightseeing
You can see FDR's home from the house. Interesting tour takes you deep into America's finest moments.
179 locals recommend
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
4079 Albany Post RdYou can see FDR's home from the house. Interesting tour takes you deep into America's finest moments.
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
61 Parker AveGreat view as you cross the river.
Rhinebeck
Hip town famous for its crafts.
Mohonk Mountain House
1000 Mountain Rest RdFamous grand Victorian Hotel.
Shawangunk Mountains
World-renown rock climbing & inspiring hiking.
Shopping
Hudson
Great antique shops & restaurants in "Williamsburg North"
Don't let the name fool you: Expansive, deep & superbly selected wines & craft spirits at fair prices.
7 locals recommend
Liquorama Wine Cellars
U.S. 9Don't let the name fool you: Expansive, deep & superbly selected wines & craft spirits at fair prices.
Essentials
ShopRite of Poughkeepsie
1895 South RdThere are closer grocery stores, but we prefer this one.
Hannaford Supermarket
3650 Rte 9WClosest full-service grocery store.
Everything Else
United States Postal Service
197 North RdWindow hours 9-5 M-F; 9-2 Sat.
A compact college town with all that implies lives in a surprisingly easy peace with a town founded in 1678 by the Huguenots, some of whose houses remain inhabited.
255 locals recommend
New Paltz
A compact college town with all that implies lives in a surprisingly easy peace with a town founded in 1678 by the Huguenots, some of whose houses remain inhabited.