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Things to do in Finger Lakes

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Three to see first in Finger Lakes

Museums
Family Favorite

Corning Museum of Glass

$25–$50

Watch glassblowers shape molten glass live, then walk galleries holding 3,500 years of glass art and history.

Corning, NYTransit: reachable by public transit

Museums
Family Favorite

The Strong National Museum of Play

$25–$50

Play your way through hands-on exhibits, the National Toy Hall of Fame, a video game hall of fame and an indoor butterfly garden.

Rochester, NYTransit: reachable by public transit

Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor Adventure

Watkins Glen State Park

Under $25

Hike the Gorge Trail past 19 waterfalls, over stone bridges and up more than 800 stone steps.

Watkins Glen, NYTransit: reachable by public transit

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Museums
Family Favorite

Corning Museum of Glass

$25–$50

Watch glassblowers shape molten glass live, then walk galleries holding 3,500 years of glass art and history.

Corning, NYTransit: reachable by public transit

Museums
Family Favorite

The Strong National Museum of Play

$25–$50

Play your way through hands-on exhibits, the National Toy Hall of Fame, a video game hall of fame and an indoor butterfly garden.

Rochester, NYTransit: reachable by public transit

Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor Adventure

Watkins Glen State Park

Under $25

Hike the Gorge Trail past 19 waterfalls, over stone bridges and up more than 800 stone steps.

Watkins Glen, NYTransit: reachable by public transit

Sightseeing
History Buff

Women's Rights National Historical Park

No admission fee

Visit the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, where the first women's rights convention met in 1848.

Seneca Falls, NY

Sports & Outdoors

Taughannock Falls State Park

Under $25

Home to a 215-foot waterfall framed by cliffs on the shore of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region.

Trumansburg, NY

Sports & Outdoors

Fair Haven Beach State Park

Under $25

A lakeside state park on the eastern Lake Ontario shore with sandy beaches, shoreline bluffs, woodland trails, and camping.

Fair Haven, NY

Sightseeing

Ganondagan State Historic Site

Under $25

Former 17th-century Seneca town site near Victor, New York, with a furnished bark longhouse and a cultural arts center.

Victor, NY

Sports & Outdoors

Seneca Lake State Park

Under $25

Lakeside state park at the north end of Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes region.

Geneva, NY

Sports & Outdoors

Stony Brook State Park

Under $25

A Western New York state park centered on a wooded gorge with waterfalls, hiking trails, a stream-fed pool, and campsites.

Dansville, NY

Sports & Outdoors

Cayuga Lake State Park

Under $25

A lakeside state park on the north end of Cayuga Lake offering swimming, boating, fishing, and camping.

Seneca Falls, NY

Museums

Chemung County Historical Society

Under $25

Elmira museum run by the county historical society, focused on local regional history through exhibits and programs.

Elmira, NYTransit: reachable by public transit

Museums

Rockwell Museum

Under $25

A Corning art museum focused on American painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography, housed in a former city hall.

Corning, NYTransit: reachable by public transit

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About Finger Lakes

The Finger Lakes region of upstate New York takes its name from eleven finger-shaped lakes and is known for vineyards, wine trails, waterfalls and gorges. In Corning, the Corning Museum of Glass covers 3,500 years of glass art and runs hot glassblowing shows, while Watkins Glen State Park offers hiking and swimming. Seneca Falls is home to the Women's Rights National Historical Park, and Rochester has The Strong National Museum of Play with the world's largest toy collection.

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Nearest help

  • Hospital with an emergency room · 2.0 mi from the center

    Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital of Yates

    418 North Main Street, Penn Yan, NY 14527

  • Police · 1.7 mi from the center

    Penn Yan Police Department

    125 Elm St, Penn Yan, NY 14527

  • Fire station · 1.7 mi from the center

    Penn Yan Fire Department

    125 Elm St, Penn Yan, NY 14527

Hospitals, police and fire stations in Penn Yan

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