10 Magical Hudson Valley and Catskills Venues to Celebrate Your Love
CALL US BIASED, but the hudson Valley & Catskills are one of the most magic places to celebrate your love. from sunsets over the mountains, to sweeping views of the hudson, we’re sharing 10 of our favorite venues that serve as a breathtaking backdrop to your day (and are within a 2.5 hour drive of NYC)
Spillian (Fleishmanns, NY)
Experience the wild Catskills in a beautifully restored 19th Century Gilded Age estate and verdant grounds. From the beautifully appointed suites for getting ready photographs, to clandestine verdant fern-filled forests, to the historic blue train depot, Spillian is one of our teams favorite venues to create inspired photographs capturing the magic of your love.
Lambs Hill (Beacon, NY)
If you’re planning an intimate wedding for 50 guests or fewer, look no further than Lambs Hill. Boasting incredible views of the Hudson River and one of the best spots for sunset portraits, Lambs Hill is full of sweeping vistas and cozy nooks throughout perfect for a couple dreaming of editorial-style photographs on their wedding day.
Windrift Hall (West Coxsackie, NY)
Nestled on pastoral grounds just north of Hudson, Windrift Hall is a thoughtfully-restored 1795 estate furnished with eclectic art + antiques, perfect for the couple who wants their Hudson Valley wedding to feel reminiscent of Europe. Beautiful gardens and a pavilion overlooking the pond make this one of favorite venues for capturing the bucolic nature of the country while indulging in high end and timeless design.
Onteora Mountain House (Boiceville, NY)
Nestled in the heart of the Catskills, Onteora Mountain House is a destination wedding venue that pulls out all the stops. From offering stunning vignettes for portraits on your wedding day to thoughtfully created areas for your ceremony, cocktail hour and reception that embrace the natural beauty of the Catskills. Stunning panoramic of the Catskills without having to actually do the hike.
Seven Ponds Farm (Summit, NY)
For a couple dreaming of an intimate, all-inclusive Catskills wedding, Seven Ponds Farm is the destination wedding venue we can't stop recommending. Set on 300 rolling acres at nearly 2,700 feet, this 18th century farm estate is the sister property to Blenheim Hill Farm and hosts ceremonies atop a verdant knoll overlooking the misty Catskill Mountains, the Charlotte Valley, and its namesake seven ponds, before cocktail hour spills into the Observatory Garden for golden hour string lights and an antique observatory backdrop unlike anywhere else in the Hudson Valley.
Glen Falls House (Round Top, NY)
Tucked into 47 wooded acres in the heart of the Catskills, Glen Falls House is a wedding weekend venue built for the couple who wants their guests to unplug, gather around the fire pit, and wake up to waterfalls right outside their cabin door. Standing since 1881, this Round Top mountain retreat pairs old-world charm with a ceremonial field, a wooden arbor tucked into the pine grove, and a pavilion for dinner and dancing, making it one of our favorite backdrops for a rustic-meets-refined Hudson Valley farmhouse wedding.
Full Moon Resort (Big Indian, NY)
If a true destination wedding weekend is what you're after, Full Moon Resort delivers it in full on over 100 acres of meadows, forests, and spring-fed streams deep in the Catskill Mountain Forest Preserve. From the newly built Moondance wedding pavilion to the rustic barns perfect for a welcome BBQ or Sunday morning send-off, this Big Indian resort gives us endless photo opportunities against the Esopus Creek and eighty thousand acres of untouched wilderness beyond it, all just two and a half hours from NYC.
Basilica (Hudson, NY)
For the couple who wants their wedding to feel nothing like a wedding, Basilica Hudson is the industrial-chic answer — a restored 19th century factory on the banks of the Hudson River, all soaring ceilings, raw brick, and steel truss, with no cutoff time to slow the party down. It's a true blank canvas of a venue, which means every couple's Basilica wedding looks completely different from the last, and it's exactly why this Hudson Valley riverfront venue continues to be one of our favorites for editorial, documentary-style photography.
Deer Mountain Inn (Tannersville, NY)
Perched in the Great Northern Catskills on 168 bucolic acres, Deer Mountain Inn is a turn-of-the-century Arts & Crafts lodge with a mountaintop ceremony site that takes our breath away every single time, especially in October when the foliage sets the whole hillside on fire. Between the Swiss Alpine-style Attic for cocktail hour and the acclaimed on-site restaurant handling every course of the celebration, Deer Mountain Inn is a favorite for couples planning an elegant, food-forward Catskills mountain wedding.
Foxfire Mountain House (Mt. Tremper, NY)
A bohemian country estate through and through, Foxfire Mountain House sits on 10.5 private acres near Woodstock and Phoenicia, filled with Moroccan-tiled verandas, sheepskin rugs, and a stone fireplace that makes it feel like your most well-traveled relative's family home. With a pond and lily pool for portraits, an open-air pavilion for the reception, and cozy fire pits for after-dark storytelling, Foxfire is one of our go-to venues for couples who want their Catskills wedding to feel intimate, eclectic, and completely their own.