While the calendar may still read as summer, talk around town suggests that fall is nary upon us. Even pumpkin spice, warm autumnal tones and falling leaves are already popping up all over Instagram. We’re not yet ready to wave goodbye to summer, but we are ready to start planning for fall — and the season’s favorite activity: leaf peeping.
We’re spoiled around here in the Hudson Valley with our bounty of maple, ash and beech trees that turn the most exquisite tones of apple red, squash orange, lemon yellow, even plummy purple. Vermont and New Hampshire may boast about their colorful forests, but ever seen the Harlem Valley off Route 22 near Boston Corners, or Minnewaska State Park near Kerhonkson? No need to burn the extra fuel for a drive four hours north.
For the Hudson Valley, peak foliage is expected to hit around October 10th until the 17th. In anticipation of nature’s annual peacocking, we’ve rounded up the coziest rentable cabins and cottages that deliver prime leaf viewing from large-scale windows or by the outdoor firepit, all ideal for a weekend getaway or mid-week excursion to peep the leaves before they disappear.
Olive Woods House: Olive, Ulster County
Soak in the season's color by the fire pit. Listing: Olive Woods House on Airbnb.
AirbnbNestled near the Ashokan reservoir, the Olive Woods House makes use of its outdoor living as much as its Catskills-chic interiors. The house touts 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms while the grounds offer “a moss-covered gazebo, multiple deck spaces and a fire pit area for roasting marshmallows and star gazing surrounded by seasonal ferns and perennial gardens.” With views of the Catskill Mountains itself, you may even choose to leaf-peep from the comfort of the fire pit.
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Upstate A-frame: Pine Plains, Columbia County
You'll be surrounded by trees and seeing the colors of the first fall season at this Pine Plains rental. Listing: The Upstate A on Airbnb.
AirbnbIt’s not everyday you stumble across a double height A-Frame around these parts. Built in 1968 and renovated in 2021, tucked behind around Pine Plains, the house is perfectly situated to head to Stissing Mountain or Lafayetteville park for a hike around the changing foliage. In fact, the house is itself at the end of a dirt road in the middle of the woods, so expect to be flooded by a bouquet of colors.
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Glasco House: Woodstock, Ulster County
Sunlights and nearly floor-to-ceiling windows promise picturesque views at Glasco's Woodstock house.
GlascoThis compound has unobstructed views of famed leaf-destination Overlook Mountain from the home’s massive windows in the common living spaces and the bedrooms. A 2021 renovation of an 1800s house, this stylish well-appointed house fits in the hospitality category between rented home and boutique B&B, sleeps 16 people, so invite everyone you know and bring the binoculars.
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High Point Meadows: Olivebridge, Ulster County
A pond with a rowboat, a secluded fire pit and a cathedral-ceilinged great room offer multiple vantage points for leaf peeping.
Courtesy of Red CottageThrough the Red Cottage network of gorgeously appointed rental houses in the Catskills, this gem near Olivebridge is still available for strategic leaf-peeping around the Ashokan. A super retro architectural gem from the 1970s, this house is simply cool — and offers a front row seat to the foothills of the Catskills, primed for watching fall be fall.
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Getaway, Eastern Catskills, NY
Getaway’s tagline is “A room with a view,” so you know you’ll be getting an up close portrait of fall’s fiery leaves. These individual cabins certainly fit our requirements for a cozy camp for two — each cabin is like an experiment in tiny home living, with mini kitchenettes, a compact bath and a bed with a large picture window set in the woods, perfect for hiking and gazing at the changing seasons. The exact location will be divulged once you reserve a cabin.
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Pond Ridge: Verbank, Dutchess County
This one-bedroom cabin is set on 20 wooded acres that put on a fiery show in fall. Listing: Cozy Cabin Getaway on Airbnb.
AirbnbOn the west side of the Hudson River, near the rolling hills of Millbrook, is a cabin for two situated on 20 acres lined with trees and paths to stroll. This cozy retreat is ideal for those who want to walk the many hiking trails in the area to spot the leaves, or those who prefer to laze by the pond where the maples put on a show.
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Woodstock Fireside Cabin: Woodstock, Ulster County
The seven acres outside this studio cabin offer lots of private leaf peeping. Listing: Fireside Cabin Retreat on Airbnb.
AirbnbThis small studio cottage for two at the base of the Catskill Mountains is wedged between the towns of Woodstock and Saugerties near an offshoot of the Plattekill Creek. One day head into the mountain ravines at Kaaterskill Clove, and the next scope out the leaves around the Ashokan and Overlook Mountain, where you’ll be in good stead with plenty of peepers.
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