The Rivertowns are the string of Hudson River villages running north from the Bronx line through Yonkers, Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, and up to Tarrytown. Most of them sit in the Town of Greenburgh, stacked along roughly eight miles of shoreline. You can walk between them on the Old Croton Aqueduct trail or ride between them on the Metro-North Hudson Line. The Highline sits in the middle of it all, at 45 Main Street in Hastings-on-Hudson.
This is a guide to the area for adults 21 and over: where the villages are, how to get around without a car, and how legal cannabis fits into a day spent out here. We will keep the law plain and the geography real, then point you to a few favorite stretches of the river.
What are the Rivertowns in Westchester?
The Rivertowns are a cluster of Hudson River villages in lower Westchester, mostly within the Town of Greenburgh. Heading north from Yonkers they include Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, and Tarrytown. They run about eight miles along the river and share the Old Croton Aqueduct trail and the Metro-North Hudson Line.
How to get around: the Hudson Line and the Aqueduct
Two spines connect these villages. The Metro-North Hudson Line runs riverside from Grand Central, with its own stop in each village: Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, and Tarrytown. Grand Central to Hastings is roughly 40 minutes. The Old Croton Aqueduct trail is the slower, greener option. It is a level, shaded path that follows the route of the 19th-century aqueduct that once carried water to New York City, and it threads behind the village centers for about 26 miles total. Walk or bike one village to the next, then catch the train back.
A few real places worth the walk
- Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson: a short walkable village center where early-1900s storefronts sit next to the James Harmon Community Center. The Highline is here at number 45.
- Draper Park: a green stretch in Hastings that opens right onto the Aqueduct trail, with views toward the Hudson and the Palisades across the river.
- MacEachron Waterfront Park: down on River Street in Hastings, with Kinnally Cove next door and open views of the river and the cliffs.
- Tarrytown and the river path north: the trail and the Hudson Line both carry you up toward Tarrytown if you want a longer day out.
Walk the villages one way on the Aqueduct, ride the Hudson Line back. That is the whole trick to a Rivertowns day.
Where cannabis fits, and where it does not
New York legalized adult-use cannabis for people 21 and over under the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act, regulated by the Office of Cannabis Management. The short version for a day in the Rivertowns: you can carry a legal amount, but where you can actually consume is narrower than people assume. New York generally allows smoking or vaping cannabis where tobacco smoking is allowed. That rules out a lot of the best spots.
Can you smoke cannabis on the Aqueduct trail or in a Hudson River park?
Treat the rules as you would for tobacco. New York prohibits smoking and vaping at parks, playgrounds, beaches, and near schools, and you cannot consume cannabis in a car on a public road. So the Aqueduct trail and waterfront parks are not consumption spots. A private residence or yard is the usual legal option.
Shopping and delivery in the Rivertowns
The Highline is a New York State licensed adult-use dispensary at 45 Main Street in Hastings-on-Hudson, license OCM-RETL-2025-000417, carrying around 40 craft cultivars from independent upstate growers. If you would rather not carry anything on the trail, same-day delivery runs to Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, and northern Yonkers. In New York, only an OCM-licensed retailer can deliver, the order requires ID and a signature on arrival, and deliveries run during store hours. Many people plan around that: shop or order first, then go enjoy the river.
New here? A budtender can walk you through the menu in plain language and match a format to how you want your day to go. Browse the live selection at /order, or come by 45 Main Street and ask. We will point you to the right cultivar and the right stretch of the Hudson.