While hiking and canoeing are top activities, Sullivan is more of a retreat for simply doing nothing at all, though people-watching is a favorite pastime-celebrities like Michelle Williams and Mark Ruffalo own homes here. There’s even a local magazine and a web site dedicated to the gay community. In fact, this quiet getaway from the city has been a favorite for the LGBT community for years (up to 70 percent of businesses in Narrowsburg Village alone are gay owned). Why Go: Looking to buy a second home in Sullivan County? There’s a good chance your neighbors will most likely be gay. Buttermilk is only fifteen minutes from New Paltz, and most visitors take the train from Grand Central Station. The mostly solar-powered spa features an indoor pool and solarium looking out into the Hudson, and New-Age-minded therapists can knock out a kink while giving you optional spiritual advice.
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New Paltz‘s bohemian flair stands out, and travelers explore the Minnewaska State Park Preserve or Mohonk Preserve, both of which offer miles of hiking trails in almost 20,000 sprawling acres combined, as well as national historic landmarks including Huguenot Street.Īn onsite farm is home to sheep, peacock, llamas, and even chickens from whom the kitchen pulls their eggs. Why Go: This notoriously “hippie” college town in the Hudson Valley already has a thriving gay community. Whether traveling with a pack of friends or taking their partner for a romantic escape, visitors are now finding Upstate New York to be a convenient and memorable gay-friendly destination. Popular upstate hotspots like Lake Placid, the Catskills, and Finger Lakes are seeing new highs in the “pink dollar”-so much that luxury resorts are catering specifically to the LGBT traveler with themed packages in hopes of voicing their acceptance.Įven gay-owned establishments (from bed & breakfasts to gay bars) are seeing more out-of-towners who want to immerse themselves in star-speckled night skies, farm-to-table restaurants, sprawling landscapes, and a burgeoning LGBT community. And the Big Apple isn’t the only place they’re heading. Since it became legal for same-sex couples to get married in the state of New York (and hopefully will be in more states soon, given President Obama’s statement of support of same-sex marriage today), gay couples have been flocking over in record numbers to get hitched, and even honeymoon there.