Sullivan County, New YorkGood luck ever wanting to leave this fall wonderland of the Catskills Mountains. Spooky and seasonal hits include the walk-through Peace, Love & Pumpkins experience at Bethel Woods (historic site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival) in Bethel, where you’ll marvel at thousands of jack-o’-lanterns and “Dark Forest Fright Walks” at Burn Brae Mansion in Glen Spey.
Traveling with kids? Check out Cunningham Family Farm in Swan Lake, which boasts activities like pumpkin picking, a corn maze, hay rides, gem mining and more.
Post up at Roscoe Mountain Club in Roscoe, a year-round woodland retreat that literally shines in the autumn thanks to an explosion of orange, yellow and burnt red trees across some 1,000 acres. The 24-room inn keeps guests entertained around the clock with golf, racquetball courts, tennis courts and hiking trails aplenty, and you can also test your luck at fishing on a private 40-acre lake. Other top picks for lodging are Kenoza Hall in Kenoza Lake, where you’ll want to wake up in time for a yoga class or the “morgen lauf” guided nature hike on weekends. There’s also the newly opened Driftwood Ranch Resort, in White Lake, a luxury property on a working horse and cattle ranch.