Ride Metro-North up the Hudson to Cold Spring
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🚂 Train · Cold Spring
5 hours · $$ · No reservation needed
- 🚇About 85 min by subway or carFrom Midtown · Getting there: Hudson Line from Grand Central, about 75 minutes direct; weekend family fare (adult ticket plus $1 per child)
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 5 hoursBest seasons: Fall · Spring · Summer
The Hudson Line out of Grand Central is one of the most beautiful commuter lines in America, hugging the river for more than an hour; step off at Cold Spring and you are on a small-town main street with ice cream shops and a riverside park, with Storm King Mountain across the water.
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Cold Spring, New York
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