WNY Day Trips

[SoTier]

I have pets and gardens that I need to tend daily, so I don't really take long vacations, especially in the summer, so I frequently take day trips to places fairly near by. 

 

My all-time favorite  WNY day trip destination is Letchworth State Park, which features "The Grand Canyon of the East": Letchworth.   Other day trip destinations in the Genessee Valley are Canadaigua on Canadaigua Lake with the beautiful Sonnenberg Gardens (Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion Historic State Park) as well as Genessee Country Village (GCV&M) in Mumford, NY, off the Thruway at Exit 47.

 

Living in Jamestown, I live in a great day trip destination for WNYers.  Jamestown has the National Comedy Center as well as the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum right in downtown.  Within a half hour drive of downtown Jamestown is Chautauqua Institution, Panama Rocks, Midway and Long Point State Parks, the quaint tourist town of Bemus Point, and the Bemus Point-Stowe Ferry (Bemus Point-Stowe Ferry) which operates Friday through Sunday through mid September.   Within about an hour's drive is Allegany State Park, the Allegheny Reservoir, Kinzua Dam, Seneca Allegany Casino, and the ski/tourist town of Ellicottville.   On Fridays and Saturdays, you can wander the roads of Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties from Clymer to Randolph north to South Dayton and Conewango to shop at Amish businesses. 

 

What are some of your favorite day trips for WNYers? 

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[ExiledInIllinois]

Lily Dale Assembly... Even if it is a bit weird... Weird is cool too...

 

https://www.lilydaleassembly.org/

 

 

 

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[T&C]

Watkins Glen and Zoar Valley come to mind besides what has already been mentioned...

[ExiledInIllinois]

Presque Isle... Erie.  Was in on the award winning beach erosion construction in early 1990s with USACE:

 

Notice how the armor stone mounds placed parallel to shore self-nourish AND if course protect the beaches... Vs. old style groin perpendicular to beach?

 

 

Some mounds now, you can walk right out onto without getting feet wet!

 

[Augie]

25 minutes ago, T&C said:

Watkins Glen and Zoar Valley come to mind besides what has already been mentioned...

 

I like hearing that! We fly in Wednesday before the opener and go directly to Watkins Glen for a night to walk the gorge and see the lake. My wife loves stuff like that, and I’ve never been there either. We’re also going to Niagara-on-the Lake one day. It’s nice to have some extra time during this trip. More meals!!! 🤣 

[Draconator]

4 minutes ago, Augie said:

We’re also going to Niagara-on-the Lake one day. It’s nice to have some extra time during this trip. More meals!!! 🤣 

The Irish Harp Inn, Niagara On The Lake. Traditional Irish Pub, started by an Irish immigrant in the 1960s. Best food by far in Niagara On The Lake. 

[T&C]

20 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

I like hearing that! We fly in Wednesday before the opener and go directly to Watkins Glen for a night to walk the gorge and see the lake. My wife loves stuff like that, and I’ve never been there either. We’re also going to Niagara-on-the Lake one day. It’s nice to have some extra time during this trip. More meals!!! 🤣 

Keep in mind that they are doing work on the bridge, they took the old one down, so do a bit of google work to see if it is open.

[Sojourner]

13 minutes ago, Draconator said:

The Irish Harp Inn, Niagara On The Lake. Traditional Irish Pub, started by an Irish immigrant in the 1960s. Best food by far in Niagara On The Lake. 

Stumbled across that when we went to the fort up there. The Italian not far from it was pretty packed and couldn’t seat the 7 of us next to one another or in close proximity. The Irish stew was top notch! Wife got the Guinness pie and her uncle, the “bangers and mash”. They were the only ones I tried, kids all got the regular BS; chicken tenders etc lol

Definitley worth a visit if you’re on that side of the border. 

[Draconator]

1 minute ago, Sojourner said:

Stumbled across that when we went to the fort up there. The Italian not far from it was pretty packed and couldn’t seat the 7 of us next to one another or in close proximity. The Irish stew was top notch! Wife got the Guinness pie and her uncle, the “bangers and mash”. They were the only ones I tried, kids all got the regular BS; chicken tenders etc lol

Definitley worth a visit if you’re on that side of the border. 

My favorite item on the menu is the Curry Fries. 

[Sojourner]

Just now, Draconator said:

My favorite item on the menu is the Curry Fries. 

Can’t say I saw that when we there but if/when the next time we make our way up there I’ll be sure to try them!

 

During my times in Germany, currywurst and fries was my thing. Is it the same type of curried sauce/gravy?

[ExiledInIllinois]

You forgot Mt.Morris Dam & Letchworth.

 

It saved Rochester in 1972, Hurricane Agnes:

 

cc: @Mike in Horseheads @BringBackFergy

[Draconator]

1 minute ago, Sojourner said:

During my times in Germany, currywurst and fries was my thing. Is it the same type of curried sauce/gravy?

Yes sir

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

23 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

You forgot Mt.Morris Dam & Letchworth.

 

It saved Rochester in 1972, Hurricane Agnes:

 

cc: @Mike in Horseheads @BringBackFergy

My father hauled steel for that project.  They would chain the trucks to bulldozers, put the trucks in neutral, and the bulldozers would clank their way down the steeply pitched haul roads to the gorge floor.

[Mike in Horseheads]

CMOG is a good way to burn hours ,  https://home.cmog.org/

(Corning Museum of Glass)