Orange County sits in the lower Hudson Valley, an hour or so north of New York City and just over the New Jersey line. Towns like Warwick, Goshen, and Cornwall give it a rural feel close to the city.
West Point is the landmark. The United States Military Academy has sat above the Hudson at Highland Falls since 1802, and parts of the campus are open to visitors.
Nearby, the Storm King Art Center spreads huge outdoor sculptures across 500 acres of fields and woodland. It's one of the best places in the country to see art and landscape together.
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