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
Saturday June 15, 2019, 12pm-5pm, Ulster County Fairgrounds in New Paltz. This annual wine and food festival is an excellent opportunity to sample the range and quality of the wines produced here in the valley. Come celebrate the wines, ciders and distilled spirits of the Hudson Valley, fresh local produce and epicurean treats. Sample local Hudson Valley cheese, honey, baked goods, and more. Food vendors and live music is also featured. Enjoy side-by-side tastings of the region’s finest wines. Tickets include a souvenir SWT wine glass, sampling at each of the attending wineries and an afternoon of live music.
Fireworks - Plattekill Town Park, Patura Road, Modena (visible from Brookfield Farm B&B)
Saturday, July 13, 2019 at dusk. Guests at Brookfield Farm B&B can view the fireworks from a lawn chair at the B&B.
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
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