Ancram

Welcome To Ancram

Drive Times from Major Cities

• From Albany, NY: About 1 hour
• From New York, NY: About 2 hours 45 minutes
• From Boston, MA: About 3 hours
• From Hudson, NY: About 25 minutes

Community Resources and Amenities

• Located in the Upper Hudson River Valley in a former Grange hall converted into a flexible performance space.
• Dedicated to contemporary theatrical performances to be shared by a rural community, the theater serves as a cultural hub that has garnered critical acclaim for its productions.
• Presents eight productions each year.

• With a campus located in Craryville, Taconic Hills Central School District serves Copake, Hillsdale, and Philmont and parts of Ancram, Austerlitz, Claverack, Gallatin, Ghent, Livingston, Northeast, and Taghkanic.
• The district consists of Taconic Hills Elementary School and Taconic Hills Jr/Sr High School.

• Ancram is one of the communities served by Pine Plains Central School District.
• The district consists three schools with a combined enrollment of about 950 students in grades pre-K through 12.

• Webutuck Central School District serves the towns of Amenia, Northeast, Ancram, Washington, Dover, Stanford, and the village of Millerton.
• The district consists three schools with an enrollment of students from grades pre-K through 12.

• Located in Hillsdale, NY, Roeliff Jansen Community Library is chartered to serve the towns of Ancram, Copake, and Hillsdale.

Health Care Resources

Columbia Memorial Health
71 Prospect Ave, Hudson, NY

 

• Provides services to more than 100,000 residents in Columbia, Greene and Dutchess counties.
• The region’s only comprehensive primary and specialty care health system.
• Anchored by Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson.

Recreation and Culture

Drowned Lands Swamp Conservation Area

 

• Features 1.5 miles of trails through wetlands and forests. Much of the site is part of the Harlem Valley wetlands area, one of the largest wetlands in New York.

Harlem Valley Rail Trail

 

• This 26-mile rail trail in the Harlem Valley and Taconic Hills extends from Wassaic in Dutchess County, NY to Copake Falls in Columbia County.
• The first segment of the trail opened in 1996 with segments added in 1997, 2000, 2005, 2014 and 2020.
• The 2020 segment reached Copake Falls.

Lake Taghkanic State Park

 

• State park with over 1,500 acres and featuring a swimming beach, picnic areas, boat launch sites, rowboat, paddleboat and kayak rentals, and more.

 

Left, the critically acclaimed Ancram Opera House is a cultural hub that produces eight theatrical productions annually. Right, the interior of the theater.