LOCAL HISTORICAL SITES

• Clermont State Historic Site
  1 Clermont Avenue, Clermont, NY 12526. 518-537-4240. Located off Woods Road. Country estate of seven generations of the prominent Livingston family. Restored mansion, visitor center, exhibit galleries, formal gardens, carriage trails, picnicking. Grounds open all year 8:30am- sunset. House open Apr. 1-Oct. 31, Tues.-Sun., 11am-5pm. Weekends through mid-Dec.
• Clinton Exhibit Center
  Clinton Historical Society, PO Box 122, Clinton Corners, NY 12514. 266-5494 or -3819. Center located in a former Quaker Meeting House built in 1777. Weekends, May & Oct., art exhibit; 10am-4pm. July through mid-Sept. historic exhibit; 12-4 pm.
• Mills Mansion State Historic Site
  Old Post Road, Staatsburg, NY 12580. 889-8851. The country home of Ogden and Ruth Livingston Mills, built in 1895-96 and furnished in the styles of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI. Open Apr. 1-Labor Day, Wed.-Sat., 10am-5pm, Sun. 12-5pm. Open Labor Day-late Oct., Wed.-Sun., 12-5 pm. Special Christmas tours, call for hours. A, G, H, T
• Montgomery Place
  River Road, Route 103, Annandale-on- Hudson, NY 12504. 758-5461. 434 acre Livingston family estate with restored 23-room mansion and gardens, waterfall, walking trails, special events, views of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains. Open Apr.-Oct., Wed.-Mon., 10am- 5pm; weekends in Nov., 10am-4:30pm; first 2 weekends in Dec., 12-5pm. Outdoor tented weddings available.
• Museum of Rhinebeck History
  PO Box 816, Route 9, Rhinebeck, NY 12572. 876-4902 or 1798. Located at the 1798 Quitman House. Local history exhibits Jun. -Oct., Sat.-Sun., 2-4pm; Wed. by appt.
• Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum
  44 Stone Church Road, Rhinebeck, NY 12572. 758- 8610. Antique aircraft and automobiles on display and in action, air museums. Open May 15-Oct. 31, 7 days, 10am- 5pm. Weekend airshows, mid-Jun. thru mid- Oct., 2:30pm. Open cockpit bi-plane rides available before and after shows.
• Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
  c/o National Park Service, 519 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538. 229-9115. Located on Route 9G. Restored home of Eleanor Roosevelt. Film biography of “First Lady of the World”, guided tours of home, 180 acres of grounds, hiking trails. Access by private vehicle. Open 7 days, May-Oct. 9am-5pm.; weekends, Nov.-Apr.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Home National Historic Site
  c/o National Park Service, 519 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538. 229-9115. Located on Route 9. Lifelong home of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, including gravesite and Rose Garden Area. Open 7 days, 9am-5pm. Closed Jan. 3-Mar. 10, 2000.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum
  Route 9, Hyde Park, NY 12538. 800-FDR- VISIT. Contains extensive displays on the lives and careers of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and exciting interactive exhibits. The museum is open 7 days, Apr.-Oct. 9am-6pm, Nov.-Mar. 9am-5pm. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Research library is open Mon.-Fri., 8:45am-5pm. A
• Samuel F. B. Morse Historic Site — Locust Grove
  PO Box 1649, 370 South Road, Route 9, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. 454-4500. Home of Samuel F. B. Morse, designed by A.J. Davis. Extensive furniture collection, china, art, telegraph exhibits, gardens, nature walk. Open 7 days, May-Nov., 10am-4pm; Dec., Mar., Apr., 10am-4pm by appt.
• Olana
  Route 9G, Hudson, New York (518) 828-0135 . Hudson River artist Frederick Church's Moorish mansion. Mansion tours, scenic walks. Hours: Open May through October, Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.
• Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
  c/o National Park Service, 519 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538. 229-9115. Located on Route 9. Home of Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt, built between 1896 and 1898, representative of the “Gilded Age.” Grounds, trails, formal gardens and a spectacular view of the Hudson River. Open 7 days. 9am-5pm.
• Wilderstein Preservation
  PO Box 383, Morton Road, Rhinebeck, NY 12572. 876-4818. 1888 Victorian home of three generations of the Suckley family, descendants of the Beekmans and Livingstons. Grounds designed in the American Romantic Landscape style by Calvert Vaux. Interiors and windows by J.B.Tiffany. Walking trails and views of the Hudson River, May-Oct., Thurs.-Sun., noon-4pm. Weekends Thanksgiving-Dec. 1-4pm.

• Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve
  Tivoli Bays, Annandale, NY 12504. 758-7010. 1,700 acre reserve, managed as a wildlife management area and as a field laboratory for research and education about the Hudson River Estuary. Canoe the marsh, bicycle, observe wildlife or hike on one of five trails.
• Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
  112 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. 454-7673. The Clearwater sails the Hudson River conducting environmental educational programs and riverfront festivals. Call Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm, for dates, times and locations of sloop.
• Hudson Valley Raptor Center
  RR 1 Box 437B, South Road, Stanfordville, NY 12581. 758-6957. Meet eagles, hawks, falcons, vultures and owls face to face. Natural history programs and flying demonstrations with birds of prey. Open Apr.-Oct., Sat.-Sun., 1-4pm. Call for weekday hours.
• Innisfree Garden
  RR 2, Box 38 A, Tyrrel Road, Millbrook, NY 12545. 677-8000. Innisfree Garden has been in the "under construction" for 60 years. A unique contribution to garden art in America, its design is influenced by a Chinese style dating back 1,000 years. It features a 40-acre lake surrounded by cliffs, low hills, waterfalls and streams. May 1-Oct. 20, Wed.-Fri., 10am-4pm; Sat.-Sun., 11am-5pm.
• Institute of Ecosystem Studies: Mary Flagler Cary Arboretum
  Box R, Route 44A, Millbrook, NY 12545. 677-5359. Features public ecology programs, nature trails and plant collections, including tropical greenhouse. Visitor permits required (free at the Gifford House Visitor and Education Center). Mon.-Sat., 9am-4pm; Sun., 1-4pm; grounds close 6pm, Apr.-Sept. Ecology Shop, Plant Room open daily; closed major holidays.

• Hudson Valley Immigration History
• Germans of the Hudson River Valley