Poet's Walk, Rhinebeck, NY

Nice, hard-packed trail

This is a nice break when it's hot

Kaaterskill High Peak

Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge

Lots of meadows

A nice rest stop

The walk to the "summer house."

I had been here previously a few times before.  The first time I escaped work for a bit with a girl I was dating.  It was the dead of winter and I slipped and slid the entire way.  The other times I came with the school I used to work for.  Today I would come for the sole purpose of checking out the trails on offer.

Poet's Walk offers the walker a nice little stroll through some meadows that are over a hundred years old.  These meadows provide some great views across the river of the Catskill Mountains.  There are approximately 2 miles of trails.  Most of the trails are packed and along open meadows.  But there is a trail to the summer house (I never did see this) that walks into the woods and drops to a marshy area.  Here is another gazebo (maybe the summer house).

It is as I've always thought of this place, a romantic walk.  There are plenty of benches and a couple of gazebos to cuddle up with your loved one.  It's also a great place to bring the dog.