I want to plan a trip to upstate NY

[NaMeaHou]

in the next month or so, and would like some ideas of places to visit other than Niagra Falls.

Any good parks, museums, or other sites of interest I should definitely put on my list of places to see?

Thanks in advance! :)

[Wcross]

1. I have a few

Finger lakes region, you should go to Naples,N.Y. and visit the winery, there is also a neat wildlife area called High Thor- it has a huge cliff and falls (right near naples). You can go to Attica and see the prison (it is a sight!), you can go to stoneybrook, there is a park there that is interesting. The Corning glass plant is an attraction. Also Letchworth state park. In Rochester, the high falls in downtown, The George Eastman house, and don't forget to go to Nick Taho's and eat a garbage plate!

[Armstead]

2. Ithica

A really cool town in central New York

[Rashind]

3. Ithaca. =)

It is pretty cool here. Buttermilk falls are nice, and everyone's a hippie.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

22. Definitely Ithaca

The scenery is wonderful, and the Cornell campus is attractive. If you can, go at the height of the fall color season (oops, probably too late for that.)

Ithaca is a funky, progressive little town with interesting shops and restaurants.

For nature, go to the Adirondacks. If you're going any time but summer, though, take your woolies.During the time I lived in Ithaca, the coldest spot in New York state was always in the Adirondacks.

[jumptheshadow]

4. Albright Knox Art Museum in Buffalo

http://www.albrightknox.org/index.html

>>Today, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery enjoys a worldwide reputation as an outstanding center of modern art. Thomas Hoving, art historian and former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, recently said that "the Albright-Knox Art Gallery should be on everyone's list to see, for it's an overwhelming art experience. Small, intimate, and seductive, the museum has one of the most thumping modern and contemporary collections in the world." The Gallery's collection is especially rich in post-war American and European art, acquired mostly through the generosity of its patron, the late Seymour H. Knox, Jr. Abstract expressionism, pop art, and art of the 1970s through the end of the century are well represented by exceptional examples by artists such as Gorky, Pollock, Warhol, and Johns. In addition, the Gallery visitor will find that the permanent collection offers a panorama of art through the centuries, from a Mesopotamian figure dated 3,000 B.C. and Renaissance painting and sculpture, to American and European art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Impressionism and postimpressionism are well represented by such leading French artists of the nineteenth century as Gauguin and van Gogh. Cubism, surrealism, constructivism, and other trends of the revolutionary twenties and thirties are documented by a large selection of significant works by Picasso, Braque, Matisse, Derain, Miró, Mondrian, Rodchenko, and others.<<

[gristy]

5. If you can, stay off the Thruway

Now, the Thruway is actually kind of pretty, BUT if you can stick to 86 and 88 in the south, and the Northway in the north, you're in for a treat! Just a BEAUTIFUL way to travel.

Ithaca and the Finger Lakes region is a good bet.

[welshTerrier2]

6. check out the Adirondacks

great mountain scenery ... very desolate ...

maybe a little better in the summer though ...

i spend lots of time kayaking on lake champlain ... perhaps a trip to burlington vermont? it's a nice place to walk around ...

and my favorite thing to do in upstate NY (during the summer): rent a motorboat and travel from one end of lake george to the other ... it's beautiful !!

[Wcross]

7. Do the Raqquete river?

That was one of my all time favorite canoe trips, from blue mountain lake to the resivior. That is a good two week trip- best if done in late august.

[mitchtv]

8. as long as you're up there

wine country- the finger lakes region- I always love Lake Champlain and the historiacl areas up that way in NE NY

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

9. Lake George/Glens Falls/Albany LONG POST

The shops in LG aren't open in November really, but the foliage is great the last weeks of October and some shops are still open weekends. =) Kayaking on Lake George is really fun, or canoeing. Fall camping is cold but if you can still get a campsite, very fun (make sure to bring lots of warm clothes!)

There are a few museums in Glens Falls, some are worth your time but most are really small.

There is The Hyde Museum, a historial house with old works but there is also modern art gallery. I think they closed the house down until 2004, but the exhibits in the museum's contemporary gallery are rather nice.
http://www.hydeartmuseum.org/

The Chapman Historical Museum is also really cool, it's an old historical house, and there is an art gallery there as well. Very victorian, I haven't been there since I was 10 or so though. Sometimes they have cool art programs going on as well.
http://www.chapmanmuseum.org

Albany is really where it's at if you're talking about REAL museums...
The New York State Museum...
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/

The Albany Institute of Art and History... http://www.albanyinstitute.org/

The ASM (albany science museum) is also a cool one to check out...

More museums, http://www.thecityofalbany.com/museum/

[NaMeaHou]

10. I was wondering about Albany

other than being the capital, I have no knowledge of it.

Time for some research!

[soupkitchen]

11. Saratoga Springs.

Belongs in any Albany, Lake George, iteneray

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

13. Agreed!

Definitely, ya wanna check out the stuff in Saratoga. Very nice place. The shops are really nice, and the restaurants are goooood.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

15. My ideas for Saratoga

Yaddo

Saratoga State Park

SPAC

[soupkitchen]

16. Congress Park, The National Museums of (HorseRacing, Dance)

Of course, late November is not the ideal time for Saratoga. But still for an overnight, it's charming and has good restuarants which should be easier to get into than in August.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

18. Yep

Really, the restaurants are great in Saratoga. There are some cute shops around too! :)

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

12. If you need help....

Just ask!
Theatres in albany...

The Egg- http://www.theegg.org/
Capital Rep- http://www.capitalrep.org/

[Drifter]

14. Letchwerth State Park ...

is about an hour South of Rochester. Beautiful area. The trees will be nice when you come.

Cheers
Dirfter

[Loyal]

17. Syracuse

Come see the Museum of Science and Technology and come watch some basketball games at the Carrier Dome. :)

[carpetbagger]

19. Seneca Falls.

It's not too far off the Thruway, it's got a national historic park commemorating the sufferage movement, and a great example of a 19th C. Northern mill town.

Also, take a ride on the Niagara Parkway to Lake Ontario on the Canadian side.

[GabysPoppy]

20. If you're a baseball fan

The Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. - It's also a nice quaint town. From the thruway you will also pass Howe Caverns which is worth a look see

[youngred]

21. Well let's see

As LPFF mentioned Saratoga and Glens Falls are wonderful. In Western upstate I'd say visit the finger lakes, hamlin beach state park, nick tahoes for a garbage plate (o sweet mystery of life they're wonderful), the george eastman house, most of these things have been said I know, but they're great stuff to do (not that there is much to do in upstate NY).

[Stephanie]

23. Woodstock

Cute little hippy-town.

Cooperstown - if you like baseball.

[trogdor]

24. Come on up to Clinton!

Stop by and say hi. :-)