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Bethel, New York: Woodstock Festival Monument

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Address:
236 Hurd Rd, Bethel, NY
Directions:
On Hwy 17B, north side, five miles east of Fosterdale, or ten miles west of Hwy 17 exit 104. Turn north onto Hurd Rd for one mile. Turn right onto W. Shore Rd. You'll see the small parking lot for the monument immediately on the right.
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Woodstock.

Woodstock Festival Monument

Stand and look over a field once filled with hippies. It happened in August 1969, nowhere near the town of Woodstock, a directional bane to generations of later tourists.

Roadsideamerica.com Report... [08/04/2017]
Bethel, New York - Woodstock Monument Guy Dies
Woodstock Monument: Wayne "Woodstock" Saward, who in 1984 designed and sculpted the 5.5-ton Woodstock monument in Bethel, New York, has died at age 52. [03/30/2009] Complete Story...

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Woodstock Festival monument.

Woodstock Festival Monument

The Woodstock Festival monument is well taken care of. It's even accessible with snow on the ground. We don't often get a winter view of Yasgur's Farm.

[Annie, 02/27/2021]

Woodstock Monument.

Woodstock Festival Monument

Behind a nice row of shrubbery you'll find the monument. But for us, there was a guy and gal gazing out over the Woodstock amphitheater ground; she looked like she was getting dressed! Buttoning her top and then putting in earrings? Ugh! They were young enough to not have been conceived there and old enough to know better! It's not the '60s anymore for pity's sake! My Tip: Make some noise as you come around the hedges.

[Mavis & Jeff, 06/11/2018]

Woodstock Monument.

Woodstock Festival Site

The Woodstock Festival monument gets repainted every year by a local artist named Mikey. He has a cat he named "My Kitty" because she said it sounds like Mikey.

[Brian From Rockland County NY, 06/08/2014]

Nearby Offbeat Places

Official Woodstock Rock Festival MuseumOfficial Woodstock Rock Festival Museum, Bethel, NY - < 1 mi.
Hippie Muffler ManHippie Muffler Man, Bethel, NY - 2 mi.
Tiny Stone Castle of Swan LakeTiny Stone Castle of Swan Lake, Swan Lake, NY - 6 mi.
In the region:
Glass Tombstone and Queen Victoria's Friction Tube, Schoharie, NY - 74 mi.

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