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phyllen · RV-Dreams Family Member

New York state

GENECOP · RV-Dreams Family Member

Check out Rhinebeck NY, a real nice town on the Hudson, right off the Taconic, a lot to see. I was seasonal at Interlake RV Resort, we liked it.....

2riker2go · RV-Dreams Family Member

Which way are you heading, Phyllis? Over toward the St. Lawrence area, or in the direction of Lake Champlain and Vermont? Or I should probably ask how far north are you planning to travel? When people say northern NY, I think really NORTH, when often they are speaking of areas south of where I live in the Capital District (Albany area). smile

GENECOP · RV-Dreams Family Member

While Rhinebeck is not true North, it is Northwest of NYC, about 2.5 hrs away, if you want to go Uppppp North, The Adirondacks is the place to go.

The Hensons · RV-Dreams Family Member

What do you want to do for a month? We are in Cooperstown, NY for a month and are staying here until July 16 or so. It's a nice park. Cooperstown is a great little town. Baseball Hall of Fame is here, a Farmer's Museum, a gorgeous lake, a short drive up to the Adirondacks and the finger lakes region.

phyllen · RV-Dreams Family Member

We were thinking of the Cooperstownn. Finger Lakes area.

RVRon · RV-Dreams Family Member

phyllen wrote:
We were thinking of the Cooperstownn. Finger Lakes area.

We spent 30 years living in the Rochester, NY area. There is SO much to see in the area - we probably didn't see everything there was to see in 30 years!

It depends on what you want to see and do but the Finger Lakes area is definitely picturesque. Watkins Glen is beautiful with a very nice state park with waterfalls along nature walks. If you're into winery tours there are lots of them throughout the Finger Lakes area. Many of the smaller towns in the area have festivals so that might be something to look for.

Letchworth State Park is beautiful, especially in the fall. It's a huge (by eastern standards) gorge and is nicknamed "The Grand Canyon of the East".

If you get around Corning, definitely try to get to the Corning Museum of Glass.

Of course you can't go to western NY without a visit to Niagara Falls! The entire Lake Ontario shoreline area is great.

As for campgrounds, we stayed at a lot of them but it's been years. I do remember Hickory Hill in Bath being nice. If you get up near Rochester, try to get a site at Webster Park Campground.

I'm sure there's a lot more that I have forgotten over the years so just ask and maybe you'll jog my memory!