Camping is an affordable family-friendly vacation option this year
Campground Owners of New York (CONY) has announced the availability of its 2010 Campground & RV Park Guide. The guide is free and available by visiting http://www.nycampgrounds.com/ and filling out the online request form, or calling CONY toll-free at (800) 497-2669.
Entitled “Camping New York Style,” the 100-page guide highlights the features and amenities for over 210 privately-operated campgrounds and RV parks across New York State. The guide is a handy reference tool for researching and booking just the right campsite for your next vacation. Read more »
Ice Climbing, Polar Bear Dipping, 1812 Battle, Bavaria on the Byway
Sackets Harbor, N.Y. - Ready to climb sheer faces of vertical ice this winter, go back in time for a leisurely ski through a frosty pioneer village or a sleigh ride past venerable Victorian architecture, or jump into the shocking St. Lawrence River in February for a good cause?
These experiences, Olympian-owned ski slopes and cool places for sleigh riding, snowmobiling, skiing, snowshoeing are in the 2010 Great Lakes Seaway Trail Winter Fun Tips for the 518-mile America’s Byway and National Recreation Trail.
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Made in New York State!
Howes Cave, N.Y. - A new cave-aged cheese is available at Howe Caverns.
Aged 156-feet below the earth’s surface in the great cave, the new cheese is made by Yancey’s Fancy, an artisan cheese maker located in Corfu (Genesee County). Read more »
Sackets Harbor, N.Y. - Wildlife biologist Kimberly Corwin and Adirondack Kids® co-author and television show host Gary Allen VanRiper are inviting birders to experience the Great Lakes Seaway Trail in their time, at their pace and in their style year-round. The pair narrate the 80-minute “Birding the Great Lakes Seaway Trail” Audio Tour CD produced by the non-profit Seaway Trail Foundation as a companion to the recently released “Birding the Great Lakes Seaway Trail” book authored by ornithologist Gerald A. “Gerry” Smith. Read more »
Cornwall, N.Y. - On Saturday, January 9 at 10 a.m., come to the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, entrance on Muser Drive, across from 174 Angola Road, Cornwall to learn the physics of ice and snow! Participants will join Environmental Educator, Judy Onufer, to learn why snowflakes form and the properties of ice. Participants will observe ice freezing before their eyes! Crafts will include: making a “real replica” of a snow flake and a frozen treat to take home. This program is recommended for adults with or without children, and children ages 5 and older. Read more »
Sackets Harbor, N.Y. - Birders interested in finding the best birding spots year-round for all manner of migratory & resident raptors, songbirds, and waterfowl along the big waters of the Great Lakes Seaway Trail in New York and Pennsylvania now have new resources to enjoy.
The Seaway Trail Foundation has developed a new birding theme guidebook, audio tour CD, notecards and outdoor storytellers to help birders find their favorite flyers along the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, the Niagara River and Lake Erie.
The Birding the Great Lakes Seaway Trail by ornithologist Gerald A. Smith is a soft cover, full color traveler’s field guide to birding hot spots along the 518-mile shoreline byway that is one of America’s Byways and a National Recreation Trail. Read more »
Howes Cave, N.Y. - The New Year 2010 marks the 200th anniversary of Howe Caverns’ discoverer Lester Howe’s birth. And, Howe Caverns is planning a new tour and several special events to celebrate this bicentennial.
“During Discovery Days — from May 21 through May 23 — we’ll be introducing a new lantern tour that features a Lester Howe re-enactor and music. He was known for playing the fiddle in the Caverns, so we’ll be stepping back in time to offer our guests a unique taste of yesterday’s tours,” said General Manager Robert Holt. Read more »
