Tours are held on Sundays! If you have a group of 6 or more, they'll open the lighthouse for a…read moreprivate tour, but you'll need to make a reservation ahead of time. It's a short and easy hike to the lighthouse, and the walk there is beautiful, especially with the river nearby. Once you reach the lighthouse, it's absolutely amazing! Learning about its history made the experience even more enjoyable and gave the visit so much more meaning. Make sure to take plenty of photos because there are so many beautiful views and photo opportunities along the way! There's also a small area where you can enjoy a nice lunch or have a picnic with friends or family. Overall, it's a beautiful spot with a great mix of nature, history, and peaceful scenery!

My boyfriend and I were in Kaaterskill Falls for our annual hike at the Rail Trail, when we…read morediscovered Saugerties Lighthouse. I don't even know how to be honest. But we like to drive around getting lost a lot, which is how we discover most places. The entrance is a little hidden, small parking lot. The trail is full of greenery. There is a mixture of bridges and dirt paths. Also we noticed little figurines hidden along the way. They are very cute! The views on the way to the lighthouse were as stunning as of the lighthouse alone. At some point you have to walk over the water - so it is wise to look at the tide schedule so you don't get wet or trapped. The lighthouse is dipped in history that you can read on their website (saugertieslighthouse.com). It is truly an incredible little place. I read there are tour and you can even stay there overnight! We definitely want to do either one or both in the near future. It was definitely an amazing find, which we will incorporate into our annual visits. Breathtaking location. The volunteers are doing a great job maintaining it. Definitely made for a memorable visit.

In the site of the Watt's DePyster Fireman's Hall in Tivoli, NY, lies this mediocre-sized library…read more Although my brothers have been going in there from time to time, my first time into this library was today. Although I wasn't overly thrilled at seeing the inside, but I know it's someplace to return to if all my former sources of Internet have been taken up and I'm in desperate need. The library may look big when viewed from outside, but it's not when you head inside. From the outside, what you are seeing is actually one of three "departments" inside this 2-story building. When you look inside this library, they don't have many computers, and the computers they did have today, were all full of other people. Overall, the remainder of the library wasn't overly crowded, but was awaiting a book-sale presentation about "Mysterious Creatures" in New York State (near Kinderhook, NY more or less). Anywho, when you look around the library, the walkways are not very wide, and are not suitable for any wheelchair accessibility to get through, and the steps leading into this library prove that there is no other accessibility in. (The back entrance is no better.) Even then, the large print books are merged sporadically throughout the library, and mixed into the regular books according to call number. They are marked however, so don't get this review wrong. Personally, if they designated another single section for just these "special" books, they can be better found for those who have trouble seeing. The weirdest thing was there's another bookshelf filled with a few more books across the alleyway that seemed to contain about 50 books I bet the EMPLOYEE'S DON'T EVEN REALISE are over there. Overall, I wouldn't mind going back there when I need a place just to read, but to actually find a book or empty computer seat to type up documents, you're best off going to other sources.

This is the best library per square foot in America. Staff is friendly, knowledgeable and helpful…read more Yes, it's TINY. It also offers more programs for the community (young, old and in between) than many libraries twenty times its size.

We didn't spot the parking area on the west side of the bridge and there was traffic behind us, so…read morewe continued across the bridge and there is a parking area on the east side. It's free parking but you have to cross the traffic at the roundabout and that's always a good time. In place since 1935, this cantilever and truss bridge is 145 feet above the Hudson River below. Plenty of space for pedestrians with a very high curb and that made me feel safe from the traffic. There are a couple of spots with overhangs so that you can step a bit out from the bridge to look at it from the side. Helpful! The bridge joins the cities of Hudson and Catskill, carrying NY route 23. It is a total of 5040 feet from end to end. The toll is eastbound only. There are a number of mounted telephones for suicide awareness. I guess enough people have jumped that they felt the need to put the phones up. On a clear day, the "America's First Canvas" notes make sense. This area got some of the first American landscape paintings by Thomas Cole (1801-1848) and Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900). Before the bridge, of course. [Review 11496 overall, 1276 of 2019.]

It looks like they finally removed the 25mph speed limit on the Greene County side of the bridge…read more That, plus removing toll booths and repaving that stretch of road definitely speeds up the flow of traffic across the bridge.

What a peculiar place to put poor 'ole Rip, on an elbow turn with a swail and no burm to keep the…read moreauto from a tumblin' if it's iced. Rip Van Winkles Awakening is just darn adorable and kinda creepy at the same frame, no matter the angle and I absorbed every one. My Dutch bretherin hit the nips of wicked flaggon a bit too zestfully, as returning to dame Van Winkle mustn't be a desirable situation. And just then an old fellow with hip high galligasketts and a keg upon his shoulder began to call his name and poor 'ole hen pecked Rip compiled only to awaken two generations later. With Wolf, his domestic adherent and partner in lazy days in the wood not answering Rips call and his fowling piece rusted and a worm infested stock - the good natured Rip Van Winkle now remains, once again, still and permanent in time-- looking over the Hudson Valley in the Catskills, (a disjointed member of the nighty Adarondiacs) and here he shall remain.

just amazing the talent and vision of the artist is just to behold…read more just take a drive and enjoy this master piece

Love this place. New to the area and although hours are slightly goofy, it is a great place to get…read morework done, prints or just grab a book and enjoy the space. Staff are great and helpful and the space is beautiful in a great little town! Highly recommend checking it out and seeing what peaks your interest there. Great local resource!!!

The Phoenicia Library's logo is the best. It features a bespectacled bear in an Adirondack chair,…read morereading a book. Really, what's NOT to adore about that? Due to a fire several years ago, the library recently underwent major renovations and looks brand spanking new. There are two floors full of books and DVDs, and the rooms are bright with lots of light and wooden floors. There were plenty of folks sitting in chairs and reading and also a bunch in a back conference-like room. If you enjoy fishing and ukuleles, you're in luck. Ukuleles are available to borrow, and the Phoenicia Library also has the unique Jerry Bartlett Memorial Angling Collection which is worth checking out, on the second floor. We spoke with a couple of librarians, and they were quite friendly and helpful. There is a bathroom off to the side of the circulation desk. Offering lots of books and activities, if I lived in Phoenicia, I'd be a regular fixture at the library, no doubt.

Even though I don't attend Bard College, when I went looking for a men's room the other day and…read morefound myself near Bard in waiting for an Uber ride I felt like taking, my first thought was about the Bard Library - Stevenson Library nearby where I was (I was in the dirt parking lot near Kline Commons), this was it. I went in and began perusing. I knew I had to look here; I planned on looking around after, but I had to "go" and although at first I couldn't locate the bathroom until I explored on my own (because no employee realized what I was really looking for at the time - not like anyone cared because most employees were up at the front desk even though there was a tour group walking around the campus), I eventually found it, but it was tricky to find as there's no direct route to the men's room from the front entrance without passing around the tables on the opposite side near the windows. (But, that part of the experience doesn't need to be elaborated on any more.) Eventually, I went looking. I would have thought the Bard Library was small, had I not walked in and perused - but on second thought when I went in, I looked around and thought to myself "sh** there are more books here than there are in the Red Hook and Rhinebeck (Starr) Libraries combined." There seemed to have been additional areas throughout the library including several microfiche reels in the backroom, and although the Sports section struck out at me (having a fond interest in the New York Yankees, and having seen this area next to the bathrooms I used), I took a quick look. I continued looking around for a few more minutes, and ended up coming back up around the fiction section of the library in the back area of the Library (that area is a little poorer in amount of books, but is still awesome for those who don't have much book collections to read from at their disposal I wasn't too pleased that this place doesn't allow non-Bardies take out books, but it's okay. I got a general feel for the library on campus - so I know just where some kids hang out and know a little about the place I visit at times. I would have thought this library would be connected to the MId Hudson Library System and would want to gather people together and bring in more choices to the library and bring adults closer to the students and get more interactions here for the students to get involved and get real-live results going. Little did I know that a few weeks (about two weeks) later, Midterms for the Fall-Winter 2017 semester would be going on and this place was packed (as I heard from an Uber rider who was one of my repeat riders) - glad I went in earlier in October before the "madness" began.

Awesome, professional. They offer the best events and the absolutely best, real professional,…read moredelicious food. Gourmet food. Much better food than any other Chef, caterer, take out place, and all of the other events. Their events offer a great religious environment where appropriate singles meet and get great dates through caring Shadchanim that follow up!

I am so very grateful for this library Branch. The Draw-Along Club held via zoom during the…read morepandemic was so helpful for my daughter's mental well-being. Kit (Library Clerk) was so kind and compassionate every time, not to mention how wonderful of an art teacher she is. We can't wait to visit D.R.Evarts Library in person soon!

Perfect, Carnegie-era public library located at 80 Second Street. Excellent and helpful librarians…read moreand fun programming for kids and adults. Graphic novel workshops, maker spaces, mad science programming and robotics for teens. Monthly story time for toddlers on Tuesday mornings.