Living in Ithaca
Ithaca, New York, and the central New York Finger Lakes area offer a wealth of entertainment, sports, tourism, and other interests. Here are just a few.
Minutes from Campus
- Buttermilk Falls State Park
- Ithaca Commons
- The Hangar Theater
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum
- Museum of the Earth
- Robert Treman State Park
- The Kitchen Theater
- Cayuga Wine Trail
- Taughannock Falls State Park
A Short Drive
- Greek Peak (Virgil)
- Corning Museum of Glass (Corning)
- National Warplane Museum (Elmira)
- National Soaring Museum (Elmira)
- Glenn Curtiss Museum (Hammondsport)
- Song Mountain (Tully)
- Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls)
- Seneca Lake Wine Trail
- Keuka Wine Trail
- Rockwell Museum (Corning)
- Watkins Glen International Raceway
Day Trips
- Niagara Falls
- Thousand Islands
- Adirondacks
- Catskills
- Baseball Hall of Fame (Cooperstown)
- Letchworth State Park
- George Eastman House (Rochester)
- Strassenberg Planetarium (Rochester)
- Strong Museum (Rochester)
- M.O.S.T. (Syracuse)
- Buffalo Bills
- Buffalo Sabres
- Fort Niagara (Lewiston)
- Fort Ontario (Oswego)
- Fort Ticonderoga (Ticonderoga)
- Sonnenberg Gardens (Canandaigua)
- New York State Fair (Syracuse)
- Turning Stone Casino (Verona)
- Rosamond Gifford Zoo (Syracuse)
- NYS Museum (Albany)
- Howe Caverns (Howe Cave)
- Sterling Renaissance Festival (Sterling)
- Everson Museum (Syracuse)

