Tour of Tulips, Tulip Festival at Our Luxury Resort in New York
Updated February 20, 2025 It’s time to welcome spring with a bloom of color! Photographers take out your cameras! Painters bring your easels! Strollers put on your sunhats!
Five Hudson Valley Activities at Mohonk You Can’t Get Anywhere Else
Updated Feburary 4, 2025 There’s a reason why Mohonk Mountain House is beloved by so many. Here on the mountaintop, we offer a variety of unique, seasonal activities to make...
The Lesser-Known Wonder Weeks at Mohonk Mountain House
Updated December 18, 2024 Guests often ask us “When is the best time to visit?” It’s a simple answer, really. Most travelers are keenly aware that when they look at...
Mohonk’s Favorite Hudson Valley Partners
Updated December 5, 2024 Stop by these amazing places to get the most out of your Hudson Valley, NY visit! For 150 years, Mohonk Mountain House has been a beacon...
Mohonk Mountain House Featured in Amazon’s New TV Series
Updated November 28, 2024 Has anyone seen anything familiar in the trailers for Upload, the new sci-fi comedy TV series from Amazon Prime Video? Our guests have always told us...
Discover the Magic of Mohonk in December: Top 5 Reasons to Visit
Updated November 13, 2024 The holiday season is a special time, and there’s no better place to experience its magic than at Mohonk Mountain House. From enchanting decorations to outdoor...
Yahoo Life: When is the first day of fall? Get set for the official start of pumpkin spice season
Experience Beauty Like no Other at Mohonk Mountain House in the Fall Fall officially begins with the autumnal equinox, which falls on Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 8:44 a.m. This...
Voices from the Archives – Episode #8
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #8: A Wider View: The Smileys’ world travels Part II As wonderful as the pictures were in my imagination after reading...
Voices from the Archives – Episode #7
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #7: A Wider View: The Smileys’ world travels – Part I Daniel Smiley was only 25 years old when his elder...
Voices from the Archives – Episode #6
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #6: Sarah Smiley’s Journey South The Sister of Mohonk’s Founder: A portrait in courage As a child wandering the halls of...
Voices from the Archives – Episode #5
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #5: Testimonial Gateway Quaker testimony is best understood as the public witness of an inward faith of both individual and community....
Voices from the Archives – Episode #4
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #4: Passing the Baton 2021 will be forever etched in my mind, not only because of our country’s climb out of...
Voices from the Archives – Episode #3
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #3: Eliza and Effie—Sisters in Grief and Love In order to understand the special relationship between Eliza and Effie Smiley, you...
Voices from the Archives – Episode #2
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #2: Garden Musings In a private office on the ground floor of Mohonk Mountain House live grand old bookshelves lined with...
Voices from the Archives – Episode #1
By Louisa Finn, fourth generation Smiley family member Episode #1: “Love controls all things” When I first read one of my Great-Grandmother Effie’s letters in the Mohonk Archive, over a...
Behind the Scenes of our 5th Annual Hudson Valley Gingerbread Competition
One of the best things about the holidays at Mohonk is the Hudson Valley Gingerbread Competition. And in a typical year, we have hundreds of guests who visit for the...
Pandemic Years
Throwback Thursday—102 Years Ago Today— October 29, 1918
Plan Your Best Family Vacation
Having trouble planning your next family holiday? Everyone has their own view of what the ideal vacation is. Honestly, it can be a pain to get the family together to...
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!
There is a time to laugh. There is a time to relax. There is a time to party and open a bottle of wine… And there is most definitely a...
Mohonk Will Make Your Bill…DISAPPEAR!
This Deal is No Illusion! Mohonk Mountain House is adding an extra bit of magic to our brand new Magic and Mindbenders Weekend! For the first time ever, anyone booked...
Mohonk Ranked One of the Best Hotels For the Holidays!
Mohonk has extra reason to celebrate this holiday season. The polls came in and we were named one of USA Today’s 10 Best Hotels for the Holidays in 2019! Best...
The Key to Cherishing Winter
The air is crisper, the frost is starting to linger, and everyone is acting as gloomy as the weather. But why? Are we looking at winter all wrong? The minute...
The Gift of Experience
We might hear that the “perfect gift” does not exist. We think everyone wants some expensive gift, but in reality what people really want is to experience life and enjoy...
The Golf Course Takes Shape
Beginnings In 1880, Albert K. Smiley bought 118 acres of land from Cornelius Lucy out at Mountain Rest across the “public road,” as Mountain Rest Road was then called. On...
Hudson Valley’s Best Ice Cream: Mohonk Mountain Crunch by Jane’s Ice Cream
We are proud to partner with Jane’s Ice Cream, a Hudson Valley-based, family-run creamery to create a signature ice cream flavor for our 150th anniversary, “Mohonk Mountain Crunch”! This flavor...
Top 4 Activities for Family Reunions
Lauren Donohue, our new Social Sales Manager, provides a handy list of tips for all those who like to hit the ground running. #1 You’re on Top of the World!...
5 Ways to Make This Summer Unforgettable
Nestled in 40,000 acres of protected forest and overlooking a pristine glacial lake, Mohonk Mountain House offers countless activities and experiences for guests of all ages. Whether you want to...
Mohonk Gift Ideas for Mom This Mother’s Day
By: Candy Martin, Gift Shop Manager, Mohonk Mountain House Bring Mohonk home to you by shopping from our online store. Explore all of the best sellers from our signature teas to our...
Mohonk Gift Ideas for Spring
By: Candy Martin, Gift Shop Manager, Mohonk Mountain House Bring Mohonk home to you by shopping from our online store. Explore all of the best sellers from our signature teas to our...
Mohonk Artworks Restoration Project (Part 2)
By: Nell Boucher, Archivist, Mohonk Mountain House Most artworks at Mohonk Mountain House were selected by the founders Albert, Eliza, Daniel, and Effie during 1880-1910 when they were furnishing the...
Accidental Archives: 1915 Mohonk Bulletin Discovered
By: Nell Boucher, Archivist, Mohonk Mountain House While doing some maintenance on a dryer in Mohonk’s laundry room, Maintenance technician James Callaizakis uncovered some interesting documents that had fallen between...
Mohonk Artworks Restoration Project (Part 1)
You may have noticed someone working meticulously in the hallways of Mohonk Mountain House, listening and whispering to the walls as she restored artworks throughout the property. Who is Debra...
Mohonk Gift Ideas for the Holidays
By: Candy Martin, Gift Shop Manager, Mohonk Mountain House Bring Mohonk home to you by shopping from our online store. Explore all of the best sellers from our signature teas to our...
