Pleasant Drive Through Rockefeller State Park Preserve

Bedford Road through Pocantico Hills is country driving fifteen minutes from the Tappan Zee — stone walls, fields, and very little traffic.

Westchester County · Drive · about 25 min · 8 miles · Pleasantness: Very High

Why this route is pleasant

• Almost no commercial development along the route
• Dry-stack stone walls line both sides for miles
• Borders 1,600+ acres of preserved Rockefeller land
• Light traffic even on weekends

What you'll see

• Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
• Union Church of Pocantico Hills (Chagall and Matisse windows)
• Open hayfields with the Hudson Highlands behind them
• Trailheads for the carriage roads

Best time to go

Saturday morning, year-round. Best in October for foliage, May for wildflowers.

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