Attractions
Brookfield Farm is located 8 miles south of New Paltz in the historic Hudson Valley region of New York state. Situated on 20 acres in apple country near the Shawangunk Wine Trail, Brookfield Farm is the perfect spot for a peaceful upstate New York getaway. Nearby are:
- Minnewaska State Park
- Mohonk Preserve
- Mohonk Mountain House
- Shawangunk Wine Trail
- Wallkill Valley Rail Trail
- Walkway over the Hudson
- Hudson River Estates
- Historic Huguenot Street
- Culinary Institute of America
- West Point
- Vassar College, Marist College, and SUNY New Paltz
The area offers a treasury of wineries, antique shops, farm markets, historic sites and great restaurants. Other nearby activities include biking, rock climbing, hiking, cross-country skiing, golf, day spa, and sky diving.
"What a wonderful place you have here! It seems as though you have thought of everything to make your guests' stay a pleasurable, peaceful, and memmorable one. Thank you!"
- S. & S., Cambridge, MA
2019 Area Events
Hudson Valley Chalk Festival
July 20-22. Water Street Market, New Paltz. Street artists from all over the country create colorful and colossal sidewalk art and mentor other artists — all for free! www.hudsonvalleychalkfestival.com
Hudson Valley Ribfest
August 16, 17, 18, Ulster County Fairgrounds, 249 Libertyville Rd., New Paltz. Biggest, best backyard barbecue in the Hudson Valley. Food and merchandise vendors, live music, cooking demonstrations, children's area, KCBS and NEBS barbecue contests. https://hudsonvalleyribfest.org/
Woodstock New-Paltz Art & Crafts Fair
Meal in the Field – a Locavore’s Delight
September 7, 2019, 6 PM – 9 PM. Enjoy a farm-to-table feast sourced in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Chef Agnes Devereux has created a unique four-course meal for this special occasion. All proceeds from this event go to support Phillies Bridge Farm Project, a not-for-profit with a food justice and education mission.
www.philliesbridge.org/meal-in-the-field, (845) 256 – 9108
Wreath Fineries at the Wineries
Nov 17–18, Dec 1–2, Dec 8–9 13 wineries along the Shawangunk Wine Trail. Take a self-guided tour of area vintners and receive decorative holiday souvenirs at each stop.
Area Farmer's Markets
New Paltz
Sunday, 10am–3pm
June 1–Nov. 22
Church Street
newpaltzfarmersmarket.com
Milton–Heart of the Hudson Valley
Saturday, 9am–2pm
June 29–mid-Oct.
(also Thanksgiving Market)
Cluett Schantz Pk.,
1801–1805 Rte. 9W
hhvfarmersmarket.com
Gardiner
Friday, 2–7pm
May 10–Oct. 2
Main St. (next to Pasquale’s
Restaurant)
facebook.com/pages/Gardiner-Green-Market/147800581902736