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Bear Mountain - Storm King Highway
Scenic winding road through the Hudson Valley that has been a favorite Sunday driving destination for NYC car enthusiasts since the 1920s.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Nanuet
New York, United States · North America
About Nanuet
Nanuet is worth a stop: 5 minutes from West Nyack, 25km from Bear Mountain - Storm King Highway.
Nanuet is in New York, United States, with about 18,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is West Nyack, about 4 km away.
Nanuet station is an active commuter railroad station in the hamlet of Nanuet in the town of Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York. Located on Prospect Street near its intersection with Orchard Street West, the station serves trains of Metro-North Railroad's Pascack Valley Line, operated under contract by NJ TransitRead more
between Spring Valley station in Spring Valley, New York and Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey. Nanuet station consists of a single low-level side platform with a partial roof alongside the single operating track and a small high-level platform to facilitate access to the handicapped. The station also has three parking lots available for use by commuters.
Nanuet station sits at the former junction of the Erie Railroad Piermont Branch, New City Branch and New Jersey and New York Railroad, but its history dates to June 30, 1841 with the opening of service on the railroad from Piermont to Goshen, New York. At the time, the station would be known as Red Tavern, where David Demarest operated a lumberyard to help facilitate railroad construction. In 1849, the station would be renamed Clarkstown. Upon realignment of the Erie Railroad main line on to the Paterson and Ramapo Railroad in 1852, the station would be moved onto the Piermont Branch. The name was changed into 1856 to its current of Nanuet.
The New Jersey and New York Railroad would reach Nanuet on May 27, 1871 as part of an extension of the Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad from Hillsdale, New Jersey. The station agent at Nanuet was eliminated in 1964 as part of cuts by the successor Erie Lackawanna Railroad and the station depot at Nanuet burned down on March 14, 1991.
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What is there to see near Nanuet?
Within an hour or so of Nanuet: Bear Mountain - Storm King Highway (25 km), Bronx Zoo (29 km), Central Park (34 km), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (34 km).
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The nearest famous roads are Hawk's Nest (Route 97).
Where is Nanuet?
Nanuet is in New York, United States, about 4 km from West Nyack.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 17,882
- Continent
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Region
- New York
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 41.0887, -74.0135
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AAA roadside assistance: 1-800-222-4357. Right turn on red is legal in most states unless signed otherwise.
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Worth the detour from Nanuet
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Bronx Zoo
One of the largest metropolitan zoos in the world spanning 265 acres in New York City with over 6,000 animals.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Central Park
An 843-acre urban oasis in the heart of Manhattan, one of the most visited urban parks in the world with meadows, lakes, and iconic bridges.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic spiral masterpiece housing an outstanding collection of Impressionist and modern art.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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American Museum of Natural History
A beloved New York institution famous for its dinosaur halls, dioramas, and the Rose Center's spectacular planetarium.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
America's largest art museum, with over two million works spanning 5,000 years of world culture.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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Times Square
Dazzling commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan known for its giant digital billboards and New Year's Eve ball drop.
37 km · about 45 min drive
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Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
The most influential modern art museum in the world, home to Starry Night, Campbell's Soup Cans, and Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
37 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Nanuet
- 68 kmHawk's Nest (Route 97)A serpentine stretch of NY Route 97 clinging to cliffs above the Delaware River near Port Jervis. Its stacked stone-walled curves star in countless car commercials.
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