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A brick main street with lit shop windows and a wooded mountain rising beyond it in autumn

Hudson Valley · New York · Dutchess County

Beacon

Beacon is a small Hudson River city in Dutchess County at the foot of Mount Beacon, with a long Main Street of shops and galleries. Metro-North's Hudson Line stops at the riverfront, a short walk from Dia Beacon and Long Dock Park.

Our Beacon guides

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