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All Dutchess County Listings
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Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park offers an excellent range of activities for outdoor enthusiasts. This 14,086-acre park boasts hiking trails, picnic areas, scenic campgrounds, and abundant opportunities for boating, hunting, fishing, birding and many more activities for kids of all ages.
Click to enlarge picture of "Fishing and Boating at Fahnestock State Park". 
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The Dutchess and Columbia County Trail is located from the southern trail head at the Wassaic Metro North Station, through the easten side of Dutchess County the trail heads north into Columbia County. The Harlem Valley Rail Trail currently has over 15 miles of paved biking trails and is actively used by thousands of walkers and bikers every year.
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All Hyde Park Listings
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The Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site and home of FDR is located at 4097 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park NY 12538, Dutchess County. Visit the Home of FDR, called
Springwood
, the lifelong home of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The following quote famously captures FDR's connection to Springwood.
"All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River."
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Diplomat, U.S. First Lady (1884–1962)
Cross over the bridge and pond to Eleanor Roosevelt's cottage at Val-Kill located on the grounds of the Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site. Eleanor, the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, changed the role of the first lady through her active participation in American politics. She gave press conferences, spoke out for human rights, was strongly involved in children's causes, and was a tireless advocate for women's rights. She stood against racial discrimination and traveled abroad to visit U.S. troops during World War II. “ The greatest thing I have learned is how good it is to come home again. " by Eleanor Roosevelt whom expresses her love for the modest house she called Val-Kill; the only National Historic Site dedicated to a first lady.
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All Poughkeepsie Listings
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Quiet Cove Riverfront Park, a 27-acre park (with 5 plus acres to the West of the rail line) on the banks of the Hudson River, is located at Clear Water Drive, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 in Dutchess County. Quiet Cove offers picnic tables, grills, fishing, walking trails and scenic overlooks on the upper section of the park and breathtaking views of the Hudson River.
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"On October 3, 2009 Governor David A. Paterson opened the Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park as a legacy project of the Hudson Fulton Champlain Quadricentennial. The park provides access to the Hudson River's breathtaking landscape for pedestrians, hikers, joggers, bicyclists, and people with disabilities. The bridge deck stands 212 feet above the river's surface and is 6,678 feet (1.28 miles) long, making it the longest, elevated pedestrian bridge in the world."
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All Staatsburg Listings
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Ogden Mills & Ruth Livingston Mills State Park is located at Old Post Road, Staatsburg NY 12580 in Dutchess County. The Ogden Mills and Ruth Livingston Mills State Park adjoins Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park and together, comprise more than one thousand acres.
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All Wappingers Falls Listings
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Bowdoin Park, a 301-acre park on the banks of the Hudson River, is located at 85 Sheafe Road, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 in Dutchess County.
The park offers scenic views, picnicking, and an award-winning handicapped-accessible playground area and water spray park. Also available for parties and events are five pavilions (4 handicapped-accessible), and a community room.
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Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center is located at 79 Farmstead Lane, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 in Dutchess County.
From Stony Kill Farm: "The Stony Kill FarmEEC is an education center dedicated to enhancing environmental awareness and appreciation of the natural world. This facility includes over 1000 acres of rolling country side, farmland, ponds, woodlands, meadows, cultivated fields, and fallow fields. Located in Dutchess County in southeastern New York State, it offers a special setting where visitors discover the delicate interweaving of all living things.
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More Hudson Valley Wheelchair Accessible |
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Albany County
[8 listings over 4 locations]
Columbia County
[3 listings over 3 locations]
Orange County
[14 listings over 11 locations]
Putnam County
[2 listings over 1 location]
Rensselaer County
[3 listings over 3 locations]
Rockland County
[19 listings over 11 locations]
Saratoga County
[1 listing over 1 location]
Schenectady County
[1 listing over 1 location]
Ulster County
[8 listings over 5 locations]
Westchester County
[32 listings over 19 locations]
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