Regional venue guide

The 10 best wedding venues in The Hudson Valley

Hudson Valley weddings divide fairly cleanly between river-facing historic properties and reclaimed industrial buildings. Boscobel House and Gardens in Garrison and Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz sit at the landmark end, while The Roundhouse in Beacon and Hutton Brickyards in Kingston are an old mill and an 1865 brickworks turned into event space; Caramoor in Katonah offers a third route, a villa estate with formal gardens an hour out of Grand Central. The catch is geography: the region's best-known venues are strung along roughly ninety miles of river between Westchester and Columbia County, so two properties on the same shortlist can be a two-hour drive apart.

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No. I

Mohonk Mountain House

Victorian mountain resortNew Paltz40–130 guests (25–40 on the Cliff View package)

A Victorian castle-resort built on a glacial lake in the Shawangunks, with tens of thousands of acres of preserved forest around it. Ceremonies go in the Formal Gardens, the arbor-lined Mountain View Gardens, or the Victorian Parlor when the weather turns; receptions land in the East Dining Room, the Sky Lake Conference House, the seasonal Picnic Lodge, or on the Parlor Porch, which carries music restrictions. The sizing is deliberate — packages run 40 to 130 guests — so this is a resort wedding for a contained list, not a 250-person production.

Victorian castle above a glacial lake

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No. IIThe Roundhouse

No. II

The Roundhouse

Restored mill and boutique hotelBeaconUp to 200 guests

Beacon's old mill complex at 2 East Main Street was rebuilt into a restaurant, a small hotel and an event venue sitting directly over the falls on Fishkill Creek. The Waterfall Room is the main reception space — brick, exposed timber and floor-to-ceiling glass facing the water — supported by an outdoor Ceremony Lawn on bluestone paths and a glazed Atrium for cocktails. Catering is in-house and priced on a food-and-beverage minimum rather than a required headcount, and guest rooms are steps away in a town whose Metro-North station is also walkable.

Reception room hung over the falls

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No. IIIHutton Brickyards

No. III

Hutton Brickyards

Riverfront industrial resortKingstonUp to 1,400 seated in the Butler Pavilion

Bricks fired on this site from 1865 onward went into buildings across New York City, and the steel-framed sheds that made them are still standing on the Hudson shoreline. Couples choose between the open-sided Lidgerwood Pavilion right on the water, the enclosed and air-conditioned Hutton Hall, and the Butler Pavilion, whose banquet capacity runs to 1,400 — an outlier for the region — with the North and Rondout lawns handling ceremonies. Thirty-one cabins plus a historic cottage on the property make the multi-day weekend the default format here rather than an add-on.

1865 brickworks with Hudson frontage

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Boscobel House and Gardens — wedding venue in The Hudson Valley, New York

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No. IV

Boscobel House and Gardens

Historic house museumGarrison

The Neoclassical house was built between 1804 and 1808, demolished in the 1950s, and reassembled fifteen miles north from salvaged fragments — a preservation history that explains its slightly uncanny precision. Its 68 acres look west across Constitution Marsh toward West Point, and events use the Great Lawn, the river-facing Pavilion, the Formal Garden, the apple orchard and the meadows rather than the museum rooms. This is a site rental rather than an all-in package, so it rewards couples who already have a planner and a caterer and want a protected federal-era view behind them.

Federal-era house facing West Point

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No. VBasilica Hudson

No. V

Basilica Hudson

Industrial factory hallHudson

An 1880s factory on the Hudson waterfront, left raw — steel, timber, industrial glazing — and now solar-powered following a carbon-neutral restoration completed in late 2024. Light and volume are the assets rather than finish: the glazing frames the Catskills and the wide river sky, and the interior is an empty shell you dress yourself. It runs as an arts organization the rest of the year, so the aesthetic is closer to a Brooklyn warehouse than a country estate, and the Amtrak platform in Hudson is a short walk away.

Solar-powered 1880s factory, raw volume

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No. VICedar Lakes Estate

No. VI

Cedar Lakes Estate

Private lakeside estatePort Jervis

Weekends run as full-property buyouts, with nobody else on site while you are there, across a wooded estate built around a private lake. Ceremony and dinner move between named settings — the Amphitheater, the Mountaintop, the Glasshouse, the Winter Garden, the Barn and the Chef's Garden — so the three days don't repeat the same room. Lodging spans two-person cottages up to houses sleeping twelve, which keeps the guest list on the property instead of scattering it across hotels. The trade is the location: Port Jervis sits at the far western corner of the region, nearer the Delaware than the Hudson.

Whole estate to yourselves for a weekend

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No. VIICaramoor

No. VII

Caramoor

Villa estate and gardensKatonah200–350 in the Spanish Courtyard; up to 600 in the Venetian

Built as a private house and now a music and arts center, the Rosen House anchors 81 acres in Katonah with Mediterranean architecture and a courtyard laid out around an old fountain. The spaces scale unusually well for one property: the Spanish Courtyard takes 200 to 350 under partial cover, the terraced Sunken Garden holds up to 400 for a ceremony, and the Venetian Theater seats 600 for dinner and dancing. Katonah is on Metro-North's Harlem line, which makes this the practical choice for a city guest list you don't want to move two hours upstate.

Spanish courtyard and terraced sunken garden

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No. VIIIButtermilk Falls Inn & Spa

No. VIII

Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa

Riverfront country innMiltonUp to 200 on the Riverfront Patio; 90 in the Barn

Seventy-five acres on the Hudson at Milton, with a working farm — Millstone — feeding the kitchen at Henry's on the same property. Two formats are offered: the two-tiered Riverfront Patio takes 200 with dinner on one level and dancing on the other, or the Barn handles 90 for dinner and dancing off its own cocktail deck. Rooms are spread across the historic inn, two lofts, two suites and three separate houses, enough to absorb the immediate family without organizing a hotel block.

Two-tier river patio, farm-fed kitchen

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No. IXDiamond Mills

No. IX

Diamond Mills

Hotel ballroomSaugertiesUp to 350 in the Grand Ballroom

The Esopus Creek falls run past this Saugerties hotel, and all thirty rooms open onto a balcony pointed at them. The Grand Ballroom seats up to 350 behind a two-story foyer and a terrace over the water, and partitions down for smaller counts — a genuinely conventional ballroom, which is rarer in this region than you'd expect. A second option sits three acres away: the Boathouse at Waterside Spa, a two-story brick-and-timber building looking out at the Saugerties Lighthouse, for couples who want the waterfront without the ballroom.

Ballroom terrace over the Esopus falls

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No. XMilea Estate Vineyard

No. X

Milea Estate Vineyard

Working vineyardStaatsburg

Estate-grown wine is the organizing idea: the Farmhouse, Devotion and Hudson Heritage bottlings all come off fruit grown on the Staatsburg property, and the kitchen at the Farmhouse Tasting House cooks from the same land. Vineyard rows across rolling ground do the work a formal garden would elsewhere, so the register is agricultural rather than manicured. A sensible pick for couples who want a wine-country wedding within reach of the Hudson Line at Poughkeepsie instead of a four-hour drive to the Finger Lakes.

Estate-grown wine, working vineyard rows

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Planning a wedding in The Hudson Valley

Top-tier properties here are quoting eighteen to twenty-four months out, and October is the hardest month to land — foliage weekends go first and take the hotel and rehearsal-dinner inventory with them. New York issues the marriage license at any town, village or city clerk, but it cannot be used for twenty-four hours after issue and expires sixty days later, which is a narrower window than most couples plan around. Expect a meaningful share of guests to arrive by Metro-North to Beacon, Garrison or Poughkeepsie, or by Amtrak to Rhinecliff and Hudson, so a station shuttle is a real budget line rather than a nicety; car-service coverage thins out badly north of Poughkeepsie late at night.

When to marry — Late September through October is the regional peak — dry, cool air and the Hudson Highlands turning over — while mid-May to late June is the better-value alternative if you want green hillsides and shorter booking queues, since July and August bring humidity and afternoon storms.
What it costs — The Knot's 2026 study puts the New York State average wedding at about $49,000, with roughly $12,900 of a typical US wedding going to the reception venue alone — but that state figure is pulled upward by New York City and does not isolate the Hudson Valley, and locally the spread is enormous between a full-estate buyout that includes lodging and a historic-site rental you build from scratch.

Once the venue is settled, the next thing most couples deal with is telling everyone. A digital wedding invitation carries the address, a map, your timings and a live RSVP on one link — which matters more than usual when guests are travelling to The Hudson Valley and need directions, and plenty of notice.

Questions

Marrying in The Hudson Valley: your questions.

How far in advance do Hudson Valley wedding venues book?

The better-known properties are currently taking bookings eighteen to twenty-four months ahead, and the pressure is not evenly spread across the calendar. September and October Saturdays go first and can be gone two years out; the same venue may have far more flexibility in May, June or early November. If a specific property is the priority rather than a specific date, tour early and build the date around what they still hold.

What does a Hudson Valley wedding actually cost?

There is no reliable region-level figure — The Knot's 2026 study reports a New York State average near $49,000, but that number is inflated by New York City and tells you little about Ulster or Columbia County. Locally the real variable is format: a full-estate buyout like Cedar Lakes bundles lodging and multiple days into one number, while a historic-site rental like Boscobel is a comparatively small fee with catering, rentals, power and tenting all bought separately. Compare total delivered cost, not site fees.

Can a couple from outside the United States legally marry in the Hudson Valley?

Yes. New York imposes no residency or citizenship requirement, but both of you must appear together in person before a town, village or city clerk with photo ID and, if either has been married before, proof the previous marriage ended. The license cannot be used for twenty-four hours after it is issued and expires sixty days later, so time the trip accordingly. A New York ceremony is a complete legal marriage in itself — you do not need to repeat a civil ceremony at home — though most countries will want an apostilled copy of the New York certificate before they will register it.

Which Hudson Valley venues can handle a large guest list?

Most of the region's characterful properties top out between 150 and 250, so a big list narrows the field quickly. Hutton Brickyards in Kingston is the outlier, seating up to 1,400 in the Butler Pavilion; Caramoor in Katonah takes 600 for dinner in the Venetian Theater and 400 for a ceremony in the Sunken Garden; Diamond Mills in Saugerties runs to 350 in its ballroom. At the other end, Mohonk Mountain House caps at 130, which surprises couples who assume a resort means unlimited capacity.

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The 10 best wedding venues in The Hudson Valley

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Want an invitation designed for your venue?

Planning a wedding in The Hudson Valley

When to marry — Late September through October is the regional peak — dry, cool air and the Hudson Highlands turning over — while mid-May to late June is the better-value alternative if you want green hillsides and shorter booking queues, since July and August bring humidity and afternoon storms.

What it costs — The Knot's 2026 study puts the New York State average wedding at about $49,000, with roughly $12,900 of a typical US wedding going to the reception venue alone — but that state figure is pulled upward by New York City and does not isolate the Hudson Valley, and locally the spread is enormous between a full-estate buyout that includes lodging and a historic-site rental you build from scratch.

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