Hudson Valley

The Hudson Valley is a river valley in the U.S. state of New York. (Because the lower Hudson River is an estuary, that part of the valley is actually a fjord!) The communities along the river often consider themselves part of a "Hudson Valley" region. For Wikivoyage purposes, we've divided Hudson Valley communities among three region articles (ordered south-to-north, upstream from the mouth):

• The lower Hudson Valley is covered in Downstate New York, the area around New York City.
• The middle Hudson Valley is covered in Mid-Hudson and Catskills.
• The upper Hudson Valley is covered in Capital District, the area around the state capital of Albany.

Bear Mountain Bridge

The Hudson starts further north in the Adirondacks, though it's not a valley at that point.