The Warwick Valley in southern Orange County is located just an hour from New York City, yet it feels like a world away. The region’s famously fertile black dirt has provided a mighty harvest for generations of farmers who sowed the seeds for its modern-day villages rich with history, culture, and bucolic charm.
The towns and villages surrounding Beacon are full of businesses that offer everything from fitness to outdoor adventures to self-care and culinary treats.
To know Beacon is to know people who moved in from elsewhere. The first European to do so was Madam Brett, who left Manhattan for the upstate wilds in 1707, essentially “founding” Beacon. It’s been much the same ever since, with the pandemic accelerating the one-way northbound traffic and the city keeping up as best it can.