The Great American Road Trip ChallengeOne trip, ~2.5 years, 48 states

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Day107

Day 107 — Hyde Park — The Hudson Valley

Full day5h planned

88Liberty, Ellis Island & Lower Manhattan 89Ground Zero & the new downtown 90Midtown Icons 91The Met & Central Park 92Free Day 93Broadway & late laughs 94The Village & the High Line 95Brooklyn, Bridge to Boardwalk 96Upper West Side 97Free Day 98Empire State & Herald Square 99Lower East Side & Chinatown 100Harlem & the Cloisters 101Free Day 102Out to the East End 103Montauk & the End 104The Hamptons & North Fork wine 105Free Day 106Back west & up the Hudson 107Hyde Park 108Storm King & the river 109West Point & Cold Spring 110Free Day 111Into the Catskills 112Woodstock & Kaaterskill Falls 113Free Day 114North to the capital 115The Capital 116Free Day 117South into New Jersey 118Princeton 119Trenton & Washington's Crossing 120Free Day 121Down the shore 122Atlantic City 123Cape May 124Free Day 125Across to Philadelphia 126Independence & Old City 127The Parkway museums 128Markets & the cheesesteak wars 129Penitentiary & science 130Free Day 131North to Scranton 132Steam & coal 133Free Day 134South to Amish country 135Amish Country 136Hershey & the Strasburg Rail Road 137Free Day 138To the capital 139The Capitol & the Civil War 140Free Day 141South to Gettysburg 142The Battlefield 143Little Round Top & the Address 144Free Day 145Into Delaware 146The du Pont estates 147Longwood & the riverfront 148Free Day 149South to Dover 150The First State's capital 151Rehoboth Beach 152Free Day 153Across the bay to Baltimore 154The Inner Harbor 155Fort McHenry & Fell's Point 156Art, oddity & crabs 157Free Day 158Down to Annapolis 159The Naval Academy & the State House 160On the Chesapeake 161Free Day 162Out to the ocean 163The Boardwalk 164Assateague's wild horses 165Free Day 166Northwest to Frederick 167Antietam & Frederick 168Free Day 169South to Mount Vernon 170Washington's Home 171The National Mall & Monuments 172Smithsonian I 173Smithsonian II 174Capitol Hill 175The White House & Ford's Theatre 176Free Day 177Arlington 178Georgetown & the Tidal Basin 179South into Virginia

FDR's home and the first presidential library.

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM· 3h
FDR Home & Presidential LibraryMuseums & HistoryAnchor
Roosevelt's lifelong home and the first presidential library, plus Eleanor's retreat at Val-Kill nearby.
4097 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, NY
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM· 2h
Vanderbilt MansionLandmarks & MonumentsWorth it
A Gilded-Age Beaux-Arts estate above the river.
119 Vanderbilt Park Rd, Hyde Park, NY

What the colours mean

On this day

Landmarks & Monuments1
Museums & History1

And how much each one matters

AnchorAlways do — the reason this stop is on the map
Worth itDo most of these
BonusQuirky bonus, if it's happening while you're here