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Emerald Forest Bungalows: aka Jake's Place |
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Emerald Forest Bungalows is an enchanted location tucked away in Ellenville, New York. Here, you will find a constant source of information regarding our rustic cottages. Grandma and Grandpa could tell you a story or two about these babies. Also this season we are unveiling our brand new Chalet style cottages. These units were designed to blend perfectly with our forested landscape. Finally the activities of the Elf King and the daily gossip at efbny are not to be missed! Ellenville is just a 2 hour drive north of Manhattan, and just over the hill from Sam's Point Preserve.
We like to think of Emerald Forest Bungalows as a sort of Walden Pond meets Dirty Dancing. Emerald Forest Bungalows is a green community and tries to accommodate like clients. At 1100 feet, the air is always fresh. Here in the foothills of the Catskills, pine trees dominate the landscape.
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Fineries At The Wineries
The
Shawangunk Wine Trail’s Holiday Event. Receive a souvenir etched wine
tasting glass and wreath at the first winery visited and then travel
along the Wine Trail visiting the remaining wineries receiving an
ornament along with tastings of special holiday foods and wines. This
is a self guided tour. Tickets still available for December 6, 19th & 20th.
Shopping
The holiday season is upon us. Take time to slow down and just think. Come where the trees whistle in the wind and the streams run
clear and where shopping for all your holiday needs is a joy. Find one-of-a-kind antiques at Still Meadow or Rose Hill Antiques in Accord. Barking Dog and Cat House Antiques in High Falls offer quirky treasures, as well. Old Brick House Antiques in Kerhonkson offers slightly unusual collectibles and home accents. The
Mezzanine Antique Center in the Rondout Waterfront District in
Kingston offers 3500 square feet of
vintage goodies. Stoneridge Antique Center is filled with treasures to feather your
nest. After shopping, relax with some hot cider in one of our chalets, spend
some quality time with family, friends and a Monopoly board or a jigsaw puzzle. Return home relaxed and ready
for the season ahead.
Cross-Country Skiing
With its 22,500 acres of cliffs, summits and plateaus, Minneswaska
State Park Preserve is the uncut gem of the Palisades Interstate Park
system. Its sapphire lakes, lapidary cliffs, panoramic views, and forests of dwarf pitch pine and oak occupy the
high ground along the crest of the dramatic Shawangunk escarpment. Minnewaska – and the Shawangunks
Ridge – serves our recreation needs. More than 250,000 visitors come each year to recreate and learn about the Shawangunks at Minnewaska State Park Preserve. Cross-country ski trails are groomed and open for cross-country skiing only.
Local Spirits
The
Tuthilltown Spirits Team brings the craft of small batch
spirits distilling back to New York. Tuthilltown whiskeys are the first
and only legally distilled and aged grain spirits produced in New York
since Prohibition. Products include seven whiskeys and two vodkas from local apples. Tasting room
and store on premises. Tours weekends by appointment only.
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Enjoy Fall Seasonal Events |
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Local Orchards Open for Apple & Pumpkin Picking! September and October.
Stone Ridge Orchard www.stoneridgeorchard.com
Gourmet Farm Market & Smootie Bar!! U-Pick apples &
pumpkins. Fresh cider and hayrides. Fun for the whole family! Daily,
through October, 8:00AM-6:00PM and Saturday-Sunday
9:00AM-6:00PM. Handicapped accessible
Jenkins-Lueken Orchards www.jlorchards.com
(4 miles west of New Paltz) U-Pick
apples and pumpkins. All varieties of apples including Northern Spy and
Macoun, pears, peaches, tomatoes and other vegetables in season. Honey
and cider produced on farm. Daily, August-May.
Mr. Apples Low Spray Orchard www.mrapples.com
High Falls, NY
Natural flavor and organic style. Tranquil family outing above
waterfalls and below Mohonk Mountain. Daily, August - mid-November,
10:00AM-6:00PM.
Saunderskill Farms www.saunderskill.com
Route 209, Accord, NY
U-Pick pumpkins, retail farm market, on-site bakery with fruit pies, cider donuts, local maple syrup,
honey, jams and jellies. horse drawn hayrides. 9:00AM-6:00PM (closed Monday). Handicapped accessible.
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 Hi, I'm Mike Jacobson, aka Jake, the owner and
proprietor of Emerald Forest Bungalows. My goal is to give you an
experience that is good and wholesome. In other words, a whole lot at
a fair price. So come and stay a while. We have fully furnished one and two bedroom bungalows/cottages for rent, a brand new salt water pool, a two acre pond that I just stocked with large mouth bass and 75 acres to frolic in.
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Book now for November and receive a complementary bottle of local wine. Think of us for your Thanksgiving weekend in the woods. If you would like we can do your food shopping for you. Let us find your New York turkey, sweet potatoes or even bake your apple, pear or pecan pie. |
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Fall in the Catskills. Coppery light, vegetable stands overflowing with apples, squash. Or climb
into Hurd's or Stone Ride Orchards and pick your own. Stop at local Barthel's Farm Stand for old fashioned fresh-milled cider. There
are street festivals and Halloween festivities throughout the region. New Paltz hosts Haunted Huguenot Street, and the Headless Horseman rides in Ulster Park. Carve a pumpkin go for a hayride, haunted house and
cornfield mazes. On Halloween, Minnewaska hosts a a kids' hike and owl search. That night, Jack and Luna's cafe presents hot jazz.  Bethel Woods hosts a harvest festival every Sunday through October. Rosendale will host a pickle festival November 22. Soak up a bit more sunshine before winter settles. Watch change come to the mountains. Catskills in
brilliant color never fails to awe. Bring your camera and capture some stunning panoramas. |
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Tribute to Patrick Swayze & the Catskills Bungalows of Yesteryear |
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Swayze became a star in 1987 with his performance as the misunderstood, leather-clad bad
boy Johnny Castle in ''Dirty Dancing.''  The coming-of-age romance established him as a romantic leading man. He starred opposite Jennifer Grey as a sexy (and much older) working-class dance instructor at a Catskills resort who
proved to have more heart, integrity and sex appeal than many of the
wealthy guests with whom he was forbidden to fraternize. The film
made great use of both his grace on his feet and his muscular physique. Swayze's 20-month battle with advanced pancreatic cancer ended when he died Monday, September 14. He was 57. The Catskills were once America's largest resort area. The Catskills have a history as the "Borscht Belt" or the "Jewish Alps" drawing newly-arrived immigrants starting in the 1920s. They
rented cheap rooms in farmhouses-turned-boarding houses, commonly called
kuchaleins, or "cook-alones," as residents did their own cooking.
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