Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Delaware and Ulster Railroad
Mohonk Mountain House
West Branch Angler Resort
- Located on the former Woodstock Festival site, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is bringing big names and performing arts back to the Catskills. The center, set on nearly 1,700 acres, features a 7,500-square-foot stage, a 4,800-seat covered pavilion and lawn seating for up to 12,000, which can also be used for off-site events. www.bethelwoodslive.org
Delaware and Ulster Railroad
- The Catskill Revitalization Corp. operates the Delaware and Ulster Railroad, featuring restored Streamliner railroad cars. Groups can charter the entire train, using several cars, such as the historic round end observation car that ran on the 20th Century Limited, the mahogany paneled tavern with relaxing couches, a glass-topped Vista Dome, and the dining car. The company offers narration that highlights points of interest along the way. The train can host up to 130 for sit-down dinners. Rides are two hours and 15 minutes. www.durr.org
Mohonk Mountain House
- The Mountain House is actually a 265-room Victorian castle on the waters of Lake Mohonk. One of the country’s oldest family-owned resorts, Mohonk recently added a spa replete with a solarium. Mohonk also offers team-building activities, including high-ropes and low-ropes challenge courses, human foosball, bicycle polo, and scavenger hunts, and can also organize theme banquets. The property offers 13 meeting spaces, the largest fitting up to 350 theater style, and can host up to 250 reception style in the most expansive of its private dining rooms. www.mohonk.com
West Branch Angler Resort
- The resort, set on a two-mile private section of the West Branch of the Delaware River, features log cabins, 200 acres of fly-fishing, and clay shooting, among other activities. The resort added 12 new cabins this year and many new amenities, such as wireless Internet access, a new pavilion and a workout facility. The River Run Restaurant is undergoing an expansion project that will result in the facility almost doubling in size, offering 3,600 square feet of space that can be divided into two rooms. www.westbranchresort.com