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9 Finger Lakes
~ £ @ n 904 E Shore Dr,
Ithaca. Tel (607) 272-1313.
∑ visitithaca.com
According to the Iroquois tribes
of west-central New York, the
Finger Lakes were created when
the Great Spirit placed his hand
on the region, leaving behind a
series of slender lakes. Seneca
Lake is the deepest of these
water bodies, at 630 ft (192 m),
while Cayuga Lake is the longest,
The tranquil waters of Otsego Lake, Cooperstown stretching 40 miles (64 km)
between the lively town of Ithaca
7 Adirondack Home to the 1932 and 1980 – containing the picturesque
Mountains Winter Olympic Games, Cornell University campus – and
it is both a summer resort and historic Seneca Falls.
@ n 216 Main St, Lake Placid.
Tel (518) 523-2445. winter sports training and Downtown Ithaca, which has
competitive center. a diverse array of art galleries,
Spanning almost one-fourth bookstores, and excellent
of the state, the Adirondack } Adirondack Park restaurants, is a pleasant place
Mountains encompass various 1 mile N of Rte 86/Rte 30, & 14 miles to start a tour of the Finger
ecosystems and hundreds of (22 km) E of Long Lake, Rte 28N. Lakes region. Taughannock
lakes and rivers, with only Tel (518) 327-3000. Open 9am–5pm Falls State Park, north of Ithaca,
1,100 miles (1,770 km) of road. daily. Closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25. 7 is a wooded oasis, with the
Rugged peaks such as the ∑ visitadirondacks.com 215-ft (65-m) falls tumbling
5,344-ft (1,629-m) Mount Marcy gracefully into a cool, green
are some of the scenic highlights. pool, where swimming is
Two visitor centers serve as 8 Cooperstown permitted in season. At the
gateways to Adirondack Park * 2,200. @ n 31 Chestnut St. top of Cayuga Lake, the quiet
and provide information about Tel (607) 547-9983. Seneca Falls is the spot where
the conservation movement that 19th-century feminists Elizabeth
led to the park’s creation in 1894 Overlooking Otsego Lake, this Cady Stanton and Susan B.
as part of the nation’s first neat little village is the legendary Anthony held the first American
forest preserve. birthplace of baseball and women’s rights convention in
The picturesque village of home of the National Baseball 1848, laying the foundation
Lake Placid straddles Mirror Hall of Fame. This engaging for the Suffrage Movement
Lake and Lake Placid in the north- shrine and museum pays some 70 years later.
central section of the park. homage to baseball greats
from the last 150 years, with a } Taughannock Falls State Park
colorful array of gear, uniforms, 10 miles (16 km) N of Ithaca, Rte 89.
Baseball
photographs, audio-video Tel (607) 387-6739. Open 8am–sunset
“America’s Pastime,” the features, and special exhibits. daily (some trails closed in winter).
country’s first nationwide Founded in 1786, Cooperstown & ∑ parks.ny.gov/parks/62/
spectator sport, evolved from also has a superb collection of details.aspx
the British games of cricket Native American artifacts, folk
and rounders, as well as town art, and Hudson River School
ball, a New England variant. paintings in the Fenimore Art
The first recorded amateur Museum. The adjacent Farmer’s
game took place in 1845 in Museum features exhibits
New York City. Since on 19th-century rural life.
the 1870s, when Glimmerglass Opera, on the
professional play shores of Lake Otsego, is
matured, baseball
has seen many nationally renowned.
superstars, such
as Babe Ruth, E National Baseball Hall of Fame
Ty Cobb, and 25 Main St. Tel (888) 425-5633.
Ted Williams. Open Memorial Day–Labor Day:
9am–9pm daily; Labor Day–Memorial
Day: 9am–5pm daily. Closed Jan 1,
Babe Ruth Thanksgiving, Dec 25. & 7 Taughannock Falls State Park in the Finger
∑ baseballhall.org Lakes region

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