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HUDSON VALLEY
ROCKLAND COUNTY
A federally designated Preserve America Community, Rockland County works and plays hard, with thriving business communities, stellar school districts, and entertainment for the whole family — all just 30 miles from New York City. Outdoorsy types love that Rockland is
30 percent parkland, with Bear Mountain, Harriman, Nyack Beach, High Tor, and Rockland Lake State Parks all within its boundaries. Credit cards get a workout, too, at The Shops at Nanuet and the expansive Palisades Center, which offers fun for the whole family.
Industries that thrive here include health, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and research businesses, including Columbia University’s Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory, while groups like the Rockland Business Women’s Network and Rockland Business Association actively support the county’s lively business scene.
Outside of the 9-to-5, Rockland is heavy on waterfront and sidewalk dining, golf courses and country clubs, mom-and-pop shops, and historic sites, including The ’76 House (the oldest tavern in New York State). Valley Rock Inn & Mountain Club, which opened in Sloatsburg in 2019, is the area’s ultimate luxury wellness retreat, with private guest houses, a pool, its own organic fields, and fitness-focused programming.
Right on the river with a charming Main Street, Nyack is a popular destination — and an endpoint for the newly opened Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge Path, a three-mile, bike-and-walking pathway with scenic views of the Hudson River and public art. The walkable downtown is also home to the Edward Hopper House museum, and first-class dining, including The Greekish mezze bar, DPNB Pasta and Provisions, and Filipino
Downtown Nyack
Karenderya, one of Esquire’s 2018 Best New Restaurants in America.
In historic Haverstraw, visit the Haverstraw Brick Museum to learn how the town’s 42 brickyards shaped Manhattan, then grab a Wrench IPA at Industrial Arts Brewing, housed in a pre-Civil War industrial complex in Garnerville (a hamlet of Haverstraw). The
town also has one of the Valley’s most scenic commutes — locals ferry across the Hudson to Ossining’s Metro-North station, and on to Grand Central via the river-view Hudson Line.
Rockland County is home to top-rated schools, with several districts (Suffern Central, Nyack, Clarkstown Central, South Orangetown, and Nanuet) ranking among the top 100 in New York State according to Niche.com. Set amid a bucolic landscape, Clarkstown ranked among the 100 best places to live in the United States — with relative affordability — by Money magazine in 2019.
DID YOU KNOW?
Haverstraw brick was used to rebuild New York City after a massive 1835 fire in lower Manhattan.
Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge Path
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