Monroe

Although it's largely residential, Monroe blends industrial grit and old-fashioned living: it's the birthplace of Velveeta as well as home to Museum Village, a living-history museum. The town offers dining just off Exit 130 of Route 17 (morphing into Interstate 86, the Quickway), which makes it a relatively convenient place to eat near Harriman State Park and Sterling Forest.

Monroe at a Glance

Elsewhere in The Hudson Valley

• Annandale-on-Hudson and Tivoli
• Beacon
• Cold Spring
• Garrison
• Goshen
• Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks
• High Falls
• Hudson
• Hurley
• Hyde Park
• Katonah
• Kinderhook
• Kingston

• Millbrook
• New Paltz
• Newburgh
• Nyack
• Piermont
• Poughkeepsie
• Rhinebeck
• Saugerties
• Staatsburg
• Tarrytown
• West Point and Storm King
• Yonkers

See Also

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• New York
• The Hudson Valley