Places to Stay in New York

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Driftwood Ranch is a working horse and cattle ranch turned small luxury guest ranch at White Lake, in the Sullivan County Catskills roughly 90 minutes from New York City. Accommodation is limited to a handful of individually themed suites, the Longhorn, Western Barn, Museum and Cattle Drive suites, plus the Driftwood Timber Lodge, each fitted with handcrafted western furnishings and stone fireplaces, with breakfast included.

Professional horsemen run the riding side, offering trail rides over about three miles of wooded paths, western lessons for all levels and specialty sessions in roping and barrel racing; guests can also help feed the ranch's longhorn cattle. Fishing ponds, kayaking, hiking, snowshoeing, leather-stamping classes and campfire evenings with live music and cowboy poetry fill the rest of the day. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts and Delaware River rafting are close by.