From New York City: Storm King Art & Cold Spring Town Tour

Discover the art and nature of New York on a day trip from New York City. Explore the Storm King Art Center, take a walk through the Cold Spring Town, and enjoy a picnic in the great outdoors.

Start your day with a drive from New York City to the Storm King Art Center. Admire the natural landscape including farmland and natural woodland, and appreciate a variety of collections and sculptures. Feel the influence of the artistic atmosphere as you explore the fusion of nature and art.

Bring your own snacks for a picnic in the great outdoors. Then, go to Cold Spring Town, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers. Walk on a mountain trail and stroll on the stone road to enjoy the magnificent view of the Hudson River Valley. Finally, return to New York City.

Itinerary:

New York → Storm King Art Center (optional, 3 hours) → Cold Spring Town (2 hours) → New York

Storm King Art Center
Storm King Art Center is a 500-acre outdoor museum located in New York's Hudson Valley, where visitors experience large-scale sculpture and site-specific commissions under open sky. Storm King Art Center's dramatic landscape includes farmed fields, natural woodlands, lawns, native grasses, wetlands, and water. As Storm King Art Center has grown, its landscape has been gradually altered to accommodate and enhance the collection, frame vistas, and encourage movement through the site. Storm King Art Center is an international destination for experiencing art in nature and welcomes more than 200,000 visitors annually.

Afternoon

Cold Spring Town
Cold Spring Town is one of the most beautiful towns to discover in New York! As a surviving industrial village, Cold Spring's commercial, ecclesiastical, and residential features reflect the economic and social dynamics of the early 19th century era. With plenty to do, this town is perfect for anyone to discover.