vis2

I am trying to find an interesting train trip out of New-York city for a day and back.
Thanks.

Parina

How about Philadelphia?

Wildflower

Do you enjoy hiking? How about Cold Spring?

Cicerone

Assuming you don't want to go to another city:

Mystic, Connecticut
Westpoint Military Academy New York
Princeton, New Jersey

mclaurie

Go to the Rockefeller estate, Kykuit. Here's a website that shows the place. You can get there by boat up the Hudson or metro north train. It's a beautiful area.
http://www.hudsonvalley.org/web/kyku-main.html

luv2fly

Do you love to shop and get the best bargains? Take the Shortline bus up to th best outlet shoppping in the U.S. - - Woodbury Commons. Takes about 50+ minutes from the Port Authority bus terminal. Great stores, wonderful food court, plenty of seating areas. A wnderful but exhausting day.

vis2

Thank you all for your replies. We are thinking of going to Philadelphia.
vis2.

Cicerone

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FAITHJOY

If you go to Philly, don't miss the new US Constitution museum. We were there this summer and loved it.

rb_travelerxATyahoo

Also, if you're going to Philadelphia, look at the BUS instead of the train. Greyhound and PeterPan buslines are both running specials for that route. I guess the "Chinatown" buses are giving them some competition. Others have written about how nice (eg: TV) the PeterPan buses are.

Abi

Philly would be a great daytrip.

dan_woodlief

I am going to go with Philadelphia too. I went through there on a train to and from NYC. It isn't far away, and you can see a lot in Philadelphia in a day.