Hours & Directions

Visit

Springside is open every day from dawn until dusk.

Enjoy the meandering carriage trails, curious knolls, and rocky outcrops of the Andrew Jackson Downing designed landscape. Walkers, joggers, and dogs (on leashes please!) appreciate the quiet trails and changing scenery. Artists discover the interesting play of light and shadow off the knolls. Birders find many species within a green oasis. Visitors and residents alike experience a cultural landscape that resonates today.

Self-Guided Walking Tour

Discover Springside at your own pace! The self-guided tour merges the popular 1867 walking tour described by Benson Lossing in hisVassar College and Its Founder with contemporary details and insights.

Group Tours

Contact us to arrange for a guided group tour.

Directions

Driving Directions

Springside’s entrance (185 Academy Street) is at Academy Street and Springside Drive across from The Manor at Woodside. Wind around to the small parking area near the information kiosk.

From the Taconic State Parkway northbound (cars only)
  • Take Exit for Route 55 West /Poughkeepsie. At the end of the ramp, turn right onto Route 55 West. Go 8.5 miles.
  • Turn right just before the Mid-Hudson Bridge onto Route 9 South (Wappingers Falls). On the exit ramp, bear left to go south on Route 9. Go 1.5 miles.
  • Take the Academy Street exit. At the bottom of the ramp, turn left going back under Route 9. Go straight.
  • Turn right into Springside’s entrance at Academy Street and Springside Drive across from The Manor at Woodside and wind around to the small parking lot by the information kiosk.
From the Taconic State Parkway southbound (cars only)
  •  Take Exit Route 44/Poughkeepsie. Turn right onto Route 44 West. Go 8.5 miles.
  • Bear right onto Routes 44/55 West. Go 2.5 miles.
  • Turn right just before the Mid-Hudson Bridge onto Route 9 South - Wappingers Falls. On the exit ramp, bear left to go south on Route 9. Go approximately 1.5 miles.
  • Take the Academy Street exit. At the bottom of the ramp, turn left going back under Route 9. Go straight.
  • Turn right into Springside’s entrance at Academy Street and Springside Drive across from The Manor at Woodside and wind around to the small parking lot by the information kiosk.
Interstate 84 & Route 9
  • Take Exit 13 - Route 9/Poughkeepsie. Travel approximately 11.5 miles on Route 9 North.
  • Take the Academy Street exit.
  • Take the first right into Springside’s entrance at Academy Street and Springside Drive across from The Manor at Woodside and wind around to the small parking lot by the information kiosk.
Interstate 87 (New York Thruway)
  • Take Exit 18/New Paltz from the Thruway.
  • Turn right after toll plaza onto Route 299 East. Go 5 miles.
  • Turn right at the end of Route 299 onto Route 9W South. Go 2.5 miles.
  • Turn right onto the ramp for the Mid-Hudson Bridge.
  • Turn right immediately after the bridge onto Route 9 South. Go approximately 1.5 miles.
  • Take the Academy Street exit. At the bottom of the ramp, turn left going back under Route 9. Go straight.
  • Turn right into Springside’s entrance at Academy Street and Springside Drive across from The Manor at Woodside and wind around to the small parking lot by the information kiosk.

By Train

Springside is a 1.5 mile cab ride from the Poughkeepsie train station. Both Metro-North and Amtrak serve the station.

Metro-North Railroad - Hudson Line of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). For train information, call 212.532.4900 or visit: www.mta.info

Amtrak -  For Amtrak information, call 1-800-USA-RAIL or visit: www.amtrak.com

SITE LOCATION:
185 Academy Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845.454.2060

HOURS:
Dawn Until Dusk

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The Springside Walking Tour is funded, in part, by a grant from the Hudson River Valley Greenway.

The land that now comprises Springside is part of the homelands of the Munsee Lenape, Indigenous peoples who have an enduring connection to this place.

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Springside Landscape Restoration, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization, owns and stewards Springside.
Mail to: P.0. Box 4915, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602