Local Activities
When you visit Brookby Farm on a nice weekend, we highly recommend exploring the area around us. The Harlem Valley is home to a wide variety of outdoor recreation and family friendly activities. We included hyperlinks to some of our favorite activities to do in the area down below.
Also check out Dutchesstourism.com for a more in-depth guide to Dutchess County.
Hiking — Appalachian Trail
Metro North to Manitou
40.2 mile moderately trafficked point-to-point trail
Location: Native Landscaping,
991 NY-22, Pawling, NY 12564
Duration: 2-3 days
Difficulty: Moderate
Length: 40.2 miles
Harlem Valley Appalachian Trail Map
Dover Stone Church
10 minute drive from Brookby, Dover Stone Church is a nature preserve whose highlight is a stunning rock formation and waterfall in a cave. It was used by Native Americans as a hideout in the 17th century, and then for weddings in the 19th century.
Duration: 1 hours
Difficulty: Easy Walk
Length: 3.5 miles
Path: Loop
Driving Directions from Brookby Farm
Dover Oak Trail
Crossing the 1600' boardwalk, this trail spans the Great Swamp, New York State's third largest freshwater wetlands. Over 300 years old with a 20’ circumference, the Dover Oak is reportedly the largest tree on the 2,180 mile footpath from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail. It is on the NYS "Big Tree" Registry as the largest White Oak.
Duration: 3.5 hours
Difficulty: Moderate
Length: 4 miles
Path: Out and back
Food & Drink
Breweries, Distilleries & Vineyards
Kent Falls Brewery
Chatham Brewery
Plan Bee Brewery
Roe Jan Brewing Co.
Hillrock Estate Distillery
Taconic Distillery
Shady Knoll Orchards & Distillery
Kings Highway Cider Shack
Treasury Cider at Fishkill Farms
Cascade Mountain Winery
Clinton Vineyard
Millbrook Winery
Local Bites
Lantern Inn
Swift
Ore Hill
Troutbeck
Back in the Kitchen
Sunflour Bakery
Cafe Les Baux
Culinary Institute of America
Workshops
Monte’s Cheese Making class
Montgomery Pottery Class
Check other local workshops in the Hudson & Harlem Valleys
Arts & Culture
The Wassaic Project
5 Harts Road
Sharon Playhouse
Dia Beacon
Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum
Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley
Eric Sloane Museum
Quaker Hill Museum at Akin Hall
John Kane House
The Good Gallery
Kenise Barnes Fine Art
Heron American Craft Gallery
Recreation
Orvis Sandanona - oldest permitted shooting grounds in the US - clay rounds, fly fishing
Falconry - Troutbeck (Amenia, NY)
Cary Institute of Ecosystem studies
Trevor Zoo
Drive-in Movie Theatre
Hudson Valley Hot Air Balloon Festival
Cycling
Harlem Valley Rail Trail
Bike Dutchess County