Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area

The Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area is a congressionally designated National Heritage Area which includes the Hudson Valley in the U.S. state of New York from Saratoga Springs south almost to New York City.

It provides a unified promotional framework for a select number of the area's tourist attractions, with concentration on the area's architecture, history, landscape, artistic heritage and environment, as well as interpretation of the area's historical significance in the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution and its continuing history through the present day.

[2] The designated area includes Albany, Rensselaer, Columbia, Greene, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Westchester and Rockland counties, as well as the village of Waterford in Saratoga County.

[3] Designated sites are organized by 3 themes: Freedom and Dignity, Nature and Culture and Corridor of Commerce.

[5] These sites are estimated to generate $20 million in economic impact as a result of annual events hosted to attract tourism.