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===Landmarks and places of interest=== [[File:Congers Railroad Station.JPG|thumb|Historic Congers Railroad Station of the [[West Shore Railroad]] and Park]] * Congers Historical Museum β Second floor of the century-old Congers Railroad Station Park building β Lake Road and Burnside Avenue * Congers United Methodist Church β On April 3, 1831, Easter Sunday, the first service was held. The congregation consisted of [[Presbyterians]] and former members of the [[Dutch Reformed Church]]. Originally, the Congers Church was named the Waldberg Dutch Reformed Church. In 1968, the Evangelical United Brethren Church merged with the Methodist Church and became known as the [[United Methodist Church]]. The church's 175th anniversary was celebrated in 2006. [[File:Congers NY Downtown.JPG|thumb|Historic building in central Congers]] * Dr. Davies Farm β The farmhouse, part of a {{convert|450|acre|km2|1|adj=on}} farm that ran from Rockland Lake to the Hudson River, was built in 1836 and is of the early frontier Federalist style. In 1891 Arthur B. Davies and Dr. Lucy Meriwether married and purchased what is now the Davies home farm for $6500.00. Lucy Virginia Meriweather Davies, M.D., was a relative of [[Meriwether Lewis]] (of the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]]) and a [[general practitioner]] who, in her time, delivered a significant part of Rockland's population: 7,000 babies. She also farmed the land which her descendants operate today. In 2007 the present Davies owners gave {{convert|6|to|8|acre}} of its property to the Rockland Center for the Arts (RoCA) of [[West Nyack, New York]]. * Rockland Lake Museum β [[Rockland Lake State Park]] β Open all year, but call the office in advance to make sure someone can unlock the room in which the exhibit is contained. Free. There are exhibits relating to the local ice industry and community life in Rockland Lake Village, including ice harvesting tools. * John Mini Distinctive Landscapes β The company's {{convert|19|acre|m2|adj=on}} main corporate campus is housed in Congers, making it one of the largest landscape contractor properties in the nation. * [[Self-Transcendence Marathon]] β Held the last week of August at Rockland Lake State Park * Congers Lake Trailway<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scenesfromthetrail.com/2016/11/05/congers-lake-memorial-park-trailway/|title=Congers Lake Memorial Park Trailway|website=Scenesfromthetrail.com|date=November 5, 2016|access-date=August 19, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x89c2c22b23a16141%3A0xf56f2a413f6cf949!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNPYbTeWgOjlignqyDKk1teqPR1b9J03hAHELSD%3Dw213-h160-k-no!5scongers%20lake%20park%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipN_bOSjD-LJUsmGxAATvcClsheyrt1o8ldfdgvt&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJ4tKTwYjyAhVyhOAKHVfeDvEQoiowHHoECFYQAw|title=Congers Lake Park|website=Google.com|access-date=August 19, 2023}}</ref> β Opened 2011 * Congers Lake West Trailway and Boardwalk β Opened October 2013. Combined trailway is approximately 2.6 miles around Congers Lake.
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