Central New York
The Central region of New York is a crossroads, dominated by the state's fifth-largest city, Syracuse, and the Mohawk River that flows eastward through this region. It borrows aspects from all of the surrounding regions to create a microcosm of New York as a whole: hills and rivers, cities and farms, hard work and recreation. Central New York is sometimes called the "Gateway to the Adirondacks" and is a natural starting point for fall foliage expeditions. It is also rich in history: The battle of Oriskany and the siege of Fort Stanwix figured prominently in the American revolutionary war.
Cities[edit]
- 1 Bainbridge
- 2 Cazenovia
- 3 Clay
- 4 Clinton — home of Hamilton College
- 5 Cooperstown — known as the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; also home to the Farmers' Museum, the Fenimore Art Museum, The New York State Historical Association (NYSHA) library and the Ommegang Brewery, and has a pretty historic district
- 6 Cortland
- 7 Herkimer (and Ilion and Mohawk)
- 8 Little Falls
- 9 Norwich
- 10 Oneida
- 11 Oneonta — a town with a lovely historic district and two colleges
- 12 Oswego — a small city with important wartime history and legacy from the Revolutionary War to World War II, also home to a SUNY college
- 13 Pulaski
- 14 Rome
- 15 Syracuse — the major regional population, economic and cultural hub, home to Syracuse University
- 16 Utica — a city with some nice buildings from the industrial era and good cultural institutions for a community of its size
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- A total solar eclipse on Monday 8 April 2024 crosses the north of this area from 3:20PM local time. The track of totality is northeast from Mexico and Texas to Ohio then straddling the Canada–New England border.
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Hiking[edit]
Although lacking any true mountains, Central New York has miles and miles of marked and unmarked trails to explore. Two long distance trails, Finger Lakes Trail[dead link] (FLT), and North Country Trail (NCT) transit the region.
- Sylvan Beach Amusement Park. - located in Sylvan Beach