Hudson Valley

The Hudson Valley is a river valley in the U.S. state of New York. (Because the lower Hudson River is an estuary, that part of the valley is actually a fjord!) The communities along the river often consider themselves part of a "Hudson Valley" region. For Wikivoyage purposes, we've divided Hudson Valley communities among three region articles (ordered south-to-north, upstream from the mouth):

The lower Hudson Valley is covered in Downstate New York, the area around New York City.
The middle Hudson Valley is covered in Mid-Hudson and Catskills.
The upper Hudson Valley is covered in Capital District, the area around the state capital of Albany.

The Hudson starts further north in the Adirondacks, though it's not a valley at that point.

This article is on an extra-hierarchical region, describing a region that does not fit into the hierarchy Wikivoyage uses to organise most articles. These "extraregion" articles usually provide only basic information and links to articles in the hierarchy. This article can be expanded if the information is specific to the page; otherwise new text should generally go in the appropriate region or city article.