1-Day Local Tour from New York: Bear Mountain State Park, Beacon Town and Dia Beacon

Today we will depart from New York and head to Big Bear State Park, where you can enjoy the magnificent views of the Hudson River Valley. Then we will go to Beacon, a town with a long history and full of American small town style. You can stroll through the streets of the town, visit collectibles shops, and taste different foods along the street. If you love hiking, there is a trail nearby that you can hike with a higher difficulty, depending on your own situation. You can also go to the Internet celebrity art museum Dia Beacon at your own expense. The exhibition hall has a simple and advanced design, and most of the artworks are modern, and the photos are also very good. After the end, we will return to New York.
Itinerary:
New York → Bear Mountain State Park (2 hours) → Beacon Town (3.5 hours, including lunch and free time, you can go to the Dia Beacon at your own expense) → New York
【Bear Mountain State Park】
Big Bear Mountain State Park is located in the rugged mountains on the west bank of the Hudson River. There are plenty of recreational areas, cool shrubs, tranquil lakes and rivers in the park. Big Bear Mountain has a wide variety of trees, including pine, cypress, golden autumn maple, rowan, walnut, red oak and poplar. The autumn wind blows through, and the colors are colorful and magnificent, like a hand-painted painting.
 
【Beacon Town】
This town has it all, with a rich history and a small-town American feel. Beacon is home to many Victorian buildings, collectible shops, emerging art galleries, museums and fine restaurants, so you can always find something you like here. There are also many beautiful public green spaces here, where you can spend a leisurely afternoon. You can also walk along the winding trails to the top of the mountain to see the magnificent views of the Hudson River Valley.
【Dia Beacon】
The museum's 160,000 square feet (15,000 square meters) is one of the largest exhibition spaces for modern and contemporary art in the country. The museum opened in 2003 and is located on the Hudson River in Beacon, New York. Dia Beacon's Riggio Galleries, a former Nabisco box printing plant, displays the majority of Dia's art collection from the 1960s to the present day, while also hosting special exhibitions, newly commissioned works, and public and educational programs. Dia Beacon was founded by the Dia Art Foundation. The name they chose, Dia, is the Greek word for "through," referring to the fact that works of art that would be difficult to realize in a conventional museum due to scale and site constraints can be realized through Dia.
  

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