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Putnam County

Cold Spring

The train still stops. Breakneck does not. Lunch is a minute from the platform, and the Saturday market is actually over in Garrison.

Perfect fall day in Cold Spring

  1. 01 · Arrival

    Take Metro-North to Cold Spring. Through November 8, the railroad has extra weekend round trips from Grand Central to Beacon that stop here. Do not get off for Breakneck. That trail and its station are closed.

  2. 02 · Lunch

    Cold Spring Depot is at 1 Depot Square, about a minute from the platform. They do not take reservations. Friday and Saturday they close at 9; other days at 8.

  3. 03 · If it's Saturday

    The farmers' market is not in the village. It is at Boscobel, 1601 Route 9D in Garrison, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm through October.

  4. 04 · Afternoon

    Walk to the Chapel Restoration at 45 Market Street, the 1833 chapel on the river. If a concert is listed, that is the room. On a Sunday morning, St. Mary's prints Mass at 10:00 am.

In town

  • Eat

    Cold Spring Depot

    Comfort food a minute from the platform, in the old station.

    1 Depot Square. Sunday to Thursday 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Friday and Saturday 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm. No reservations. They say the walk from Cold Spring station is about a minute, and that the restaurant as it is now opened in 1985. The building was a depot until 1954. Phone 845-265-5000.

    Cold Spring Depot

  • Market

    Cold Spring Farmers' Market

    The Saturday market is at Boscobel, in Garrison, not on Main Street.

    Every Saturday at Boscobel House and Gardens, 1601 Route 9D, Garrison. May through October, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. November through April, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Vendors are farmers or food makers using regional ingredients.

    Cold Spring Farmers' Market

  • Church

    The Chapel Restoration

    A small 1833 chapel on the river, easy to miss if you only walk Main.

    45 Market Street. Built in 1833. The chapel hosts the Sunday Music Series, Jazz at the Chapel, and the Restoration Roadhouse. Phone 845-265-5537. This is the quieter historic room. The village parish, St. Mary's, is a separate Sunday service.

    The Chapel Restoration

  • Music

    Concerts at the Chapel

    Chamber music and a roadhouse, in that same chapel above the river.

    Still ahead on their homepage: The Lowest Pair on October 29, 7:00–9:30 pm; Andrew Revkin on November 7, 7:00–9:00 pm; Grain Thief on November 14, 7:00–9:00 pm; Sheryl Staples, violin, and Yalin Chi, piano, on November 15, 4:00–6:00 pm. We did not see prices on that page, so we are not printing any.

    Chapel Restoration events

  • Also worth it

    St. Mary's in-the-Highlands

    Sunday Mass at 10, if the train gets you in before the village wakes up.

    The parish site prints a regular Sunday Mass at 10:00 am. The next Sunday they list, as of this page, is October 25. Music at St. Mary's, the concert series in the church, prints the address as 1 Chestnut Street.

    St. Mary's Episcopal Church

Breakneck is closed

New York State Parks says that beginning April 21, 2025, Breakneck Ridge, other area trails, and the Breakneck Ridge Metro-North station close for a two-year period while the Breakneck Connector and Bridge are built. Do not plan that hike this fall.

Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve

Leaf-peeper trains

Metro-North, on October 16, 2026, said it added six weekend round trips between Grand Central and Beacon, stopping at Cold Spring, through November 8. Those trains do not reopen Breakneck station.

Metro-North, October 16, 2026

Getting here

Metro-North’s Hudson Line is the calmer arrival for Beacon and Cold Spring. Hyde Park is a taxi from Poughkeepsie. New Paltz and Phoenicia want a car. Times on the day-trip pages are a guide, not a promise.

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