High Banks Preserve
High Banks Preserve is a nature reserve in Town of Esopus, Ulster County, New York. High Banks Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Ellerslie, as well as near Maple Ridge Bruderhof.Places of Interest
Highlights include Esopus Meadows Light and Wilderstein.
Esopus Meadows Light
Lighthouse
Photo: JohnHirth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Esopus Meadows Lighthouse, nicknamed "Maid of the Meadows" and often simply referred to as the Esopus Light or Middle Hudson River Light is an active lighthouse on the Hudson River near Esopus, New York.
Wilderstein
Building
Photo: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wilderstein is a 19th-century Queen-Anne-style country house on the Hudson River in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is a not-for-profit house museum.
Hudson River Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hudson River Maritime Museum is a maritime museum dedicated to the Hudson River. It is located at 50 Rondout Landing at the foot of Broadway in Kingston, New York, United States, along Rondout Creek in the city's old waterfront, just east of the John T. Loughran Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingston and Rhinebeck.
Kingston
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kingston is a city in New York's Hudson Valley, 91 miles north of New York City and 50 miles south of Albany. It is the county seat of Ulster County and was the first capital of New York state.
Rhinebeck
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rhinebeck is a township in Dutchess County, New York. The township encompasses the village of Rhinebeck and the hamlet of Rhinecliff. The downtown area of Rhinebeck is small enough to walk around within an hour or so, exclusive of extra time to visit churches and shops, have a meal, etc, and well worth it, as it is full of beautiful, lovingly decorated houses.
Port Ewen
Village
Port Ewen is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 3,678 at the 2020 census. Port Ewen is in the Town of Esopus, south of Kingston, along U.S. Route 9W.
High Banks Preserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Town of Esopus, Ulster County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.8819° or 41° 52′ 55″ northLongitude
-73.9665° or 73° 57′ 60″ westOperator
Scenic HudsonOpen location code
87H8V2JM+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 1487667476OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
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