Discover White Plains

White Plains offers plenty of options for different kinds of days: parks and trails, a historic site, contemporary art, and a weekly market. If you’re looking for hotels in White Plains, you can start by considering which of these aspects of the city matter most for your stay. Would you like to spend time outdoors, explore history, or include art and market offerings? The local attractions give you concrete ideas to help plan your visit.

Parks and trails for different interests

Delfino Park is home to the Ebersole Ice Rink. The Ridgeway Nature Trail is 0.6 miles long. This gives you a choice between an ice rink and a trail with a clearly stated length. The distance makes it easy to include the trail as a specific stop in your day’s plans.

Bryant-Mamaroneck Park is home to the City of White Plains StoryWalk®. Pages from children’s books are placed at regular intervals along a walking path. The story is spread across several stops along the path rather than presented in a single place. This makes the StoryWalk a distinctive outdoor reading experience, different from a visit focused solely on the trail itself.

History and outdoor recreation

Battle of White Plains Park is a historic site from the American Revolutionary War. The grounds feature open green spaces, playgrounds, and picnic areas, as well as interpretive historical markers. The markers give your visit a concrete connection to the site’s history. At the same time, you can plan to spend time on the lawns or at the picnic areas. For travelers looking to combine history with time outdoors, the park offers more than just a single historic point of interest.

Liberty Park offers opportunities for recreation, picnics, and hiking by Silver Lake, which covers 22 acres. It’s another option for spending time outdoors, with the lake as a focal point. If you’d like to include a hike or a picnic in your plans, you can consider this park as a distinct recreational stop alongside the historic site.

Art and a visit to the market

ArtsWestchester’s gallery in White Plains is housed in a historic building with 4,800 square feet of space. It hosts contemporary exhibitions, and ArtsWestchester also rents studio space to artists there. This brings exhibitions and workspaces for artists together in one place. If a particular exhibition is a priority, check the current program before your visit. Exhibition dates and temporary closures may change.

The Court Street Downtown Market offers freshly harvested fruits and vegetables, artisan breads, sweet treats, and other goods every Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The day of the week is an important factor when planning a visit to the market. In 2026, the market runs through November 25. If you’re planning your visit around it, check that the date falls within your travel period.

Getting around by public transportation

The White Plains Performing Arts Center in downtown is accessible by public transportation. It’s another concrete point to consider when planning your trip, alongside parks, history, art, and the market. If you’d like to visit the Performing Arts Center, check the venue’s current visitor information for details on getting there, as access information may change.

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