The
Hudson River Historic District, also known as
Hudson River Heritage Historic District, is the largest
such district on the mainland of the
contiguous United States. It covers an area of 22,205 acres (34.6 square miles, 89 km²) extending inland roughly a mile (1.6 km) from the east bank of the
Hudson River between
Staatsburg and
Germantown in
Dutchess and
Columbia counties in the
U.S. state of
New York. This area includes the riverfront sections of the
towns of
Clermont,
Red Hook,
Rhinebeck and part of
Hyde Park. This strip includes in their entirety the
hamlets of
Annandale,
Barrytown,
Rhinecliff and the village of
Tivoli.
Bard College and two
protected areas,
Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park and Tivoli Bays
Unique Area, are also within the district.