Visiting BCEP

BCEP encourages prospective students to visit the campus and meet with faculty and current students. See below for more details about visiting campus this fall. 


Bard College is located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, on the east bank of the Hudson River, approximately 100 miles north of New York City and 220 miles southwest of Boston.

Please contact us at cep@bard.edu or 845-758-7071 if you would like to schedule a visit. 


Maps of Bard College and the surround area can be found here.


By Automobile

- From southern Connecticut, follow I-84 to the Taconic State Parkway, take the Taconic north to the Red Hook/Route 199 exit, drive west on Route 199 through the village of Red Hook to Route 9G, turn right onto Route 9G, and drive north 1.6 miles.


- From northern Connecticut, take Route 44 to Route 199 at Millerton, drive west on Route 199, and proceed as from southern Connecticut.


- From Massachusetts and northern New England, take the Massachusetts Turnpike to Exit B-2 (Taconic Parkway), take the Taconic south to the Red Hook/Route 199 exit, and proceed as from southern Connecticut.


- From New York City, New Jersey, and points south, take the New York State Thruway (I-87) to Exit 19 (Kingston), take Route 209 (changes to Route 199 at the Hudson River) over the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge to Route 9G; at the second light, turn left onto Route 9G and drive north 3.5 miles.


- From Albany, take the New York State Thruway to Exit 19 and proceed as from New York City.


By Train

Amtrak provides service from Penn Station, New York City, and from Albany to Rhinecliff, about 9 miles south of Annandale. Taxi service is available at the Rhinecliff station.

  • AMTRAK: Rhinecliff station, 845-876-3364; reservations and schedule information, 800-872-7245 (800-USA-RAIL);
  • Metro-North: Poughkeepsie station, 800-638-7646


Taxi Service

  • Red Hook Taxi Service, 845-758-1478
  • Rhinebeck Taxi, 845-876-6600
  • A1 Transportation, 845-473-7600


By Air

Bard College is accessible from Kennedy and LaGuardia airports in New York City, and from the airports in Newark, New Jersey, and Albany and Newburgh, New York.


Area Resources

The Rhinebeck Chamber of Commerce website includes additional information about local lodging, dining, shopping and attractions.

The Bard Area Resource Directory is created by the Bertelsmann Campus Center staff every year and is a great source of local information for Bard students and visitors. 


Schedule a visit to Bard College.

Each fall, prospective graduate students wishing to visit Bard Center for Environmental Policy may schedule a visit to meet with faculty, sit in on classes, and speak with current students. Interested students also get the chance to see our beautiful Annandale campus located in the heart of the Hudson Valley, in upstate New York. 


Fall Visitor Days will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, or by special appointment. If you are interested in coming to Bard for one of our scheduled visitor days, please see the schedule below to make arrangements.

Tuesday Classes
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM  Environmental Economics
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM  Environmental Policy I
Thursday  Classes
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM Environmental Science of Natural Environments
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM  Environmental Law I


Options for your visit:
Campus tour
Lunch with current master's candidates
One-on-one faculty conversations
Reduced rate campus accommodations (when available)