Please call the individual sites directly to inquire about the events listed on our event calendars and to inquire about hours.
The Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area does not own or operate any of the sites listed below. They are owned and managed by the organizations listed in the site descriptions. Please call ahead for special accommodation needs or with any questions about their sites.
Heritage Sites
Heritage Sites
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Top Cottage (FDR's Retreat)
Top Cottage is one of only two buildings designed by a sitting President and one of the first structures designed for a disabled person.
Union Church of Pocantico Hills
Union Church contains modern stained-glass art created by Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall and commissioned as memorials by members of the Rockefeller family
Untermyer Park and Gardens
The garden was built in 1916 and was called "America's Most Spectacular Garden" in the 1920's by the national press. It had 60 gardeners and 60 greenhouses on 150 acres
USS Slater DE766
The USS SLATER is the only World War II-era destroyer escort still afloat and the only one in existence with original battle armament
Van Cortlandt Manor
Van Cortlandt Manor, a museum of living history, offers glimpses into the life of a Hudson Valley Patriot family.
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Van Wyck Homestead Museum
Van Wyck Homestead Museum is the last remnant of the Fishkill Supply Depot which supplied the Continental Army during the American Revolution
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
The Vanderbilt Mansion is a monument to the social and economic changes taking place afforded new industrialist during the Gilded Age.
Walkway Over The Hudson State Historic Park
The Hudson Valley's most unique state park, Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park crosses the river atop the former Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge.
Washington Irving's Sunnyside
Sunnyside is the charmingly Romantic home of Washington Irving, author of such classics as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle