Get to know Tuxedo Park

This Orange County community derives its name from the Lenape word “Tucseto,” translating to “place of the bear”—but you’d be correct to draw the connection to men’s formalwear. Once a fashionable getaway for New York’s Gilded Age elite, Tuxedo Park was sensationalized in the 1880s when a coterie of mischievous socialites began entering its country clubs in coats with no tails, a sartorial move then as controversial as clip-on ties. The trend, of course, is largely unchanged, not unlike the innate draws to this storied corner of the Hudson Valley. The Town of Tuxedo, wherein Tuxedo Park lies, is easily reached via Route 17 and the New York State Thruway, and there’s a quaint Victorian train station on Metro-North’s Port Jervis Line complete with an old-fashioned waiting room. With just a few thousand residents, there’s plentiful room for nature to run its course, both at public venues like Sterling Forest and right in your backyard.

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Living in Orange County

Don’t call this one “the OC.” New York’s Orange County sits in the state’s Mid-Hudson region, bookended by Putnam and Dutchess Counties to the east and the Delaware River to the west. It’s the northern end of the Great Valley formed by the Appalachian Mountains, capped by the Ramapo Mountains as they escalate towards the Catskills. This dramatic landscape proved naturally advantageous in the American Revolution, which led to the founding of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Today, the attractions are anything but singular: Orange County plays host to some of the highest-profile cultural and entertainment destinations in the Hudson Valley, including Storm King Art Center, Woodbury Commons, Angry Orchard Cidery, and LEGOLAND. Between them lie charming villages, verdant apple orchards, and rural hilltops prime for a socially-distant retreat by choice. I-84, Metro-North’s Port Jervis Line, and Stewart International Airport open gateways to destinations near and far.