Search for the sublime this summer with a weekend guided hike on the Hudson River School Art Trail. Starting Saturday, you can escape in 19th-century style on a tour to a cool mountain top with exceptional scenery enjoyed by scores of painters since the 1800s. Hikes throughout the summer start from various locations in New York and New England.

There are only a few spots left for the season's first reservations-only hike, departing June 22 at 9am from the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill, New York.

The hike includes a visit to one of the most dramatic vistas in the Catskills: Sunset Rock, followed by the site of the famous Catskill Mountain House hotel. The package price per person is $17, or $15 for members, and includes the guided hike, a copy of the new expanded edition of the Hudson River School Art Trail Guidebook, entrance fee to the North-South State Park, and a tour of the Thomas Cole House.

An expansion last year of the renowned Hudson River School Art Trail, which includes locations painted by the renowned Hudson River School artists, more than doubled the Art Trail’s size – from its original eight sites in New York to 17 sites in New York, two in New Hampshire, one pending in Wyoming, and one in Massachusetts.