New York Vacations Ideas

New York Vacations Idea #1:Start your New York holiday with a self-guided tour at Natural Stone Bridge and Caves in Pottersville.

The rare formation of the Stone Bridge forms the largest natural marble cave entrance in the Northeast.

Follow the well marked trails as you explore the various caves, Echo Cave, Garnet Cave, Cave of the Lost Pool, and Noisy Cave.

Other activities include a picnic and play area, trout feeding, rock shop and fossil museum. Watch as your very own geode is cut open with a diamond saw.

New York Vacations Idea #2: Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve is a 3200 acre freshwater wetland located along the old Erie Canal in the town of Clifton Park.

This wildlife conservation area is a great bird watching vacation idea as it is an important breeding ground and habitat for birds. There are lots of trails for nature walks, hiking and bird watching.

New York Vacations Idea #3:Niagra Falls is one of the few places in the world where you can see such an open display of Mother Nature's furious power. Y

ou can walk right up and touch the cascading water. The Cave of the Winds will take you right to the base of the falls. You get there from Goat Island Park on the U.S. side. The Maid of the Mist boat ride is by far the most popular attraction and plan to get wet.

New York Vacations Idea #4:Finger Lakes National Forest is 16,000 acres of opportunity for outdoor recreation. Camping on the three maintained campgrounds is free.

There are five acres of blueberries for picking as well as scattered spots for apples, raspberries, and other fruits. Hunting and fishing is excellent. There are over 30 miles of trails including the 12 mile long Interloken Trail.

New York Vacations Idea #5:Watkins Glen State Park is a spectacular one-and-a-half-mile-long glacier carved gorge. The footpaths wind over, under, and around the 19 waterfalls and 300 foot high cliffs. Walking and hiking are favorite activities in this beautiful setting. Camping, fishing, and other outdoor activities are available as well as an Olympic-size swimming pool.

New York Vacations Idea #6:Lake George Village, on the southern end of Lake George, offers many interesting events and attractions. Go parasailing 300 feet high over the lake.

Take a cruise ship out onto the lake. Explore the famous Fort William Henry Historic Museum. Lake George contains three Submerged Heritage Preserves for the enjoyment of scuba diving enthusiasts. For bicyclists the nine-mile Warren County Bikeway and the Feeder Canal Trail provide great riding.

New York Vacations Idea #7:The American Museum of Natural History is one of the best vacation spots to take the family. It is famous for its dinosaur exhibits but there is so much more.

There are wonderful dioramas with grizzly bears, elks with massive antlers and wolves. Or the herd of lumbering elephants and the giraffes at the water hole. There are numerous exhibits like the interactive Rose Center for Earth and Space with its 95-foot tall glass cube.

Or take in a show at the IMAX theater or a space show. There are just a tremendous amount of incredible things to see here.

New York Vacations Idea #8:Contributed by Patricia Berliner -I live in Rockaway Park, NY, part of the borough of Queens, which is one of the 5 boroughs of NY City. Rockaway is a unusual place in that it is a small town within a big city. It is urban, yet we are located right at the Atlantic Ocean.

It is a peninsula. One end houses mostly the wealthy; in the middle are the working and middle class (and lots of "special occupancy") buildings, and the other end houses mostly elderly and lower income. It's a mix that provides our community of Rockaway diverse and unique culture all our own.

We are small townish, with local community theater and arts programs, small stores, some nice restaurants, and connection to both Brooklyn (very urban), the rest of Queens and Long Island. We're very near Kennedy Airport and about half an hour from La Guardia.

Not the most exciting, but interesting and nice place to visit.

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