Leg 5 of 6Niagara to Bayside

Albany → New Paltz

107 km · 5 postcards · designed for 14 days

Leg 5 of 6 on the Niagara to Bayside road. South down the Hudson's west bank, the Catskills on your right, to Kingston and the Shawangunk ridge.

The road as your marker sees it. Dots below mark the postcards.

Along the way

  1. Coxsackie

    km 36

    Coxsackie

    A river landing with a name from the Mohican for 'owl hoot'. The Catskills rise ahead.

    Photo: RobertDrake2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

  2. Catskill

    km 51

    Catskill

    Thomas Cole's town, where the Hudson River School began. Rip Van Winkle Bridge to the east.

    Photo: Steve Shook from Moscow, Idaho, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

  3. Saugerties

    km 68

    Saugerties

    A lighthouse at the mouth of the Esopus and a village of antique shops.

    Photo: HighAtop94, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

  4. Kingston

    km 86

    Kingston

    The first capital of New York, burned by the British in 1777. The Stockade still stands.

    Photo: Amy Lavine, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

  5. New Paltz

    km 107

    New Paltz

    Huguenot Street's stone houses and the Shawangunk cliffs above. End of leg five.

    Photo: HighAtop94, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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