Life in Central New York

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

Ithaca Commons Buttermilk Falls State Park The Hangar Theater
Herbert F. Johnson Museum Museum of the Earth Robert Treman State Park
The Kitchen Theater Cayuga Lake Wine Trail Taughannock Falls State Park

A Short Drive Away

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 Lake Wine Trail
Rockwell Museum (Corning) Watkins Glen International Raceway & More...

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 (Howes Cave)
Sterling Renaissance Festival (Sterling) Everson Museum (Syracuse) & More...