DUTCHESS COUNTY TRAILS
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TYPE
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NAME
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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PP
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Madam Brett Park
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Beacon
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Easy 1 mi. Fishkill Creek;
waterfall, tidal marsh
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Scenic Hudson
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845-831-6533
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www.scenichudson.org
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PP
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Stony Kill Farm
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Wappingers Falls
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Easy 8.5 mi. Working Farm;
woods, meadows, ADA
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NYS DEC
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http://www.dec.ny.gov/education/1833.html
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PP
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Bowdoin Park
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Wappingers
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3 Easy trails, 7 mi.
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Dutchess County Parks
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http://www.dutchessny.gov/CountyGov/Departments/DPW-Parks/PPbowdoin.htm
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PP
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Poet's Walk Park
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Red Hook
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Easy 1.5 mi. Landscape park:
woods, fields, river views
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Scenic Hudson
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845-473-4440
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http://www.scenichudson.org/
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PP
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Burger Hill Park
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Rhinebeck
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Moderate 0.5 mi offers
panoramic views
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Scenic Hudson; Winnakee Land
Trust
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http://www.scenichudson.org/whatyoucando/visitourparks/burgerhill
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PP
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Tivoli Bays
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Annandale
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4 easy marked trails, 3.5 mi.
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http://inside.bard.edu/archaeology/tivolibays/map_large.html
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PP
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Vassar College Farm
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Pougkeepsie
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500 acre Farm, easy 2.5 mi.
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Vassar College
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http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/lohorst/index.html
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PP
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Reese Sanctuary
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New Hamburg
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easy trails
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Putnam Highlands Audubon Society
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PP
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Reese Park
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Town of Wappinger
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845-297-7026
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PP
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Ferncliff Forest Preserve
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Rhinebeck
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192 acres; old growth forest,
firetower
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845-876-3196
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http://ferncliff_forest.villageofrhinebeck.info/
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PP
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Manitou Point Preserve
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Manitou
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Easy, 1.5 mi.
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Scenic Hudson/OSI
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845-473-4440
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PP
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Thomas J. Boyce Park
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Wingdale
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Moderate, 3.0 mi.
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Town of Dover
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845-832-9168
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PP
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Nellie Hill Nature Preserve
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Dover
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Easy 1.3 mi
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Nature Conservancy
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144 acres; woodlands and pocket meadows
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http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newyork/preserves/art12203.html
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PP
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Wappingers Greenway Trail
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Wappingers
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Moderate 10.7 mi figure-8
loop along Creek
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Scenic Hudson
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845-473-4440
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http://www.scenichudson.org/whatyoucando/visitourparks
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PP
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Wappingers Creek Trail
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LaGrange
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Easy 1.0 mi along Wappingers
Creek
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PP
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Cary Institute of Ecosystem
Studies
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Millbrook
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Easy 2.5 mi: woods, meadows,
along Wappingers Creek
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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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http://www.ecostudies.org/hiking-trails.html
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PP
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Buttercup Farm Sanctuary
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Stanford
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Easy 6 mi, in 500 diverse
acres
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Audubon
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518-325-5203
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http://ny.audubon.org/CentersEdu_RheinstromHill.html
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PP
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Stissing Mountain Forest Preserve
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Pine Plains
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Nature Conservancy; NYS DEC
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Difficult 2.7 mi; 3 trails; firetower at summit
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PP
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Thompson Pond
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Pine Plains
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Easy 2.7 mi 2 marked trail
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PP
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Wilcox Park
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Pine Plains
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Moderate, 5.7 mi. 5 trails
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Dutchess County Parks
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PP
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Winnakee Nature Preserve
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Hyde
Park
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5 easy marked trails, 2 miles
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Winnakee Nature Preserve
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http://www.winnakeeland.org/
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Hyde Park Trails
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http://www.hydeparkny.us/recreation/trails/TrailsWinakee.shtml
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PP
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Town of LaGrange Freedom
Park
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LaGrange
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Easy I mi.
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Town of LaGrange
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http://www.lagrangeny.org/freedom_park.cfm
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PP
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Innisfree Garden
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Millbrook
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150-acre public garden; easy
2.5 mi.
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Innisfree Garden
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845-677-8000
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www.innisfreegarden.org
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PP
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Hyde Park Trail
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Hyde
Park
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Moderate, 10 mi., 9 marked
trails
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Hyde Park Recreation Dept
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http://www.hydeparkny.us/recreation/trails
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