Most beautiful places to escape within three hours' driving of NYC? Forests, lakes, ocean, camping.

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Catskills (Ulster County) for mountains, hiking, camping. Montauk for beaches. Lake George or Saratoga Lake for lakes, but both are a few hours away.

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New Paltz, Hudson NY, maybe PA, fire island, maybe block island, lower Vermont, lower MA, I’m not hamptons but it’s there

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Also maybe Newport

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Lakes? Lake Mohonk.
Mountains? Overlook Mountain nr. Woodstock.
Beaches? Fire Island. Jones Beach if you arrive early. Shelter Island.
Small towns? Phoenicia, Saugerties, Sharon, Woodstock

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Asbury Park in the off-season is nice too. Haven't been in a few years, but assume it's only gotten more developed.

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Putnam County just cross Bear Mountain Bridge up towards Cold Springs. Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island. Upstate near Liberty, New York. Hyde Park where the Vanderbilt estate is and lunch at the Culinary Institute nearby

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Saratoga Springs, Montauk, Catskills

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Hudson valley

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Maybe not most beautiful but for me, most relaxing: south Jersey shore. Avalon, Stone Harbor. Approx 3 hours to get there. Cape May to go a little bit further.

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Hiked north and west of Lake George. Really 👍🏼 Lake Luzerne-Hadley area also super pretty. Thanks for the suggestions!

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You can easily take the train or bus to get to Long Island!

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