Trails and Scenic Walks

Address: 250 W Main St, Tarrytown, NY 10591 (8 minute drive from Hotel)

The Westchester RiverWalk is a work in progress that spans 14 municipalities in Westchester and is part of the Hudson River Valley Greenway system. The River Walk Park in Tarrytown is a segment of the county’s planned 51-mile River Walk and adjacent to Tarrytown’s Pierson Park. The park features a riverside esplanade, grass terraces and lawns, and an “eco-corridor” filled with native plants. Activities include walking, biking, fishing and picnicking.

Address: 125 Phelps Way Pleasantville, NY 10570 (10 minute drive from Hotel)

Despite being less than an hour from Manhattan, the park's wooded valleys still offer the peace and quiet described two hundred years ago by Washington Irving in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. He wrote, "Not far from (Tarrytown), perhaps about two miles, there is a little valley, or rather lap of land, among high hills, which is one of the quietest places in the whole world. A small brook glides through it, with just murmur enough to lull one to repose; and the occasional whistle of a quail, or tapping of a woodpecker, is almost the only sound that ever breaks in upon the uniform tranquility." To highlight its value as natural area, Rockefeller is designated by the State as a "Park-Preserve." Park preservation areas identify and conserve and protect portions of state parks that possess outstanding ecological values, including assemblages of flora and fauna that are unique or rare in the state. A park preserve allows passive recreation use within the park.

(8 minute drive from the Hotel)

One of the most famous stories and legends in the United States is easily “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” by author Washington Irving in 1820 who used the town of Sleepy Hollow as his inspiration which has been used as inspiration for several other adaptations including “The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad,” by Disney in 1949 as well as the Tim Burton film, “Sleepy Hollow,” starring Johnny Depp in 1999. Irving lived in Tarrytown as a teenager fleeing a Yellow Fever outbreak in NYC to this scenic town along the Hudson Valley just north of the city. One of the best Sleepy Hollow attractions and quick photo stop is the Headless Horseman sculpture located just outside the Sleepy Hollow cemetery and next to the famous bridge where it all happened! The 18-foot high sculpture is made out of metal and has a rusted appearance made by Miglo-Bufkin depicting the moment the Headless Horseman chased down Ichabod Crane on horseback and hurling a pumpkin at his head. There is plenty to both see and eat in this historic town!

Address: 629 Old White Plains Rd, Tarrytown, NY 10591 (5 minute walk from Hotel)

The Glenville Woods Park Preserve is a passive recreational park with walking trails, with the exception of the front part of the Park, that presently has a playground for active recreation.

Address: 15 Walnut Street (Park Office) Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 (6 minute drive from the Hotel)

The Old Croton Aqueduct Trail spans 26.5 miles across West Chester County, NY. It is often a single-track dirt pathway that winds through communities and trees and provides an oasis of green just north of the Bronx. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Old Croton Aqueduct was completed in 1842, when water first flowed from the Croton River south into the Bronx, providing clean water to a city with a rising population that desperately needed it. The aqueduct quickly grew obsolete as New York City’s population continued to boom, and a New Croton Aqueduct, three times the size, was built in 1890. The Old Croton Aqueduct Trail gives visitors a lesson in New York history, starting from the north at the New Croton Dam. The northern endpoint of the trail is located to the right of the dam, and as you head south, you’ll quickly pass the first of 21 remaining ventilators, 10- to 14-foot-high structures that were placed at roughly 1-mile intervals to allow fresh air to reach the water in the aqueduct.