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Cooperstown, Syracuse and Alexandria Bay mix baseball, canal stories and the St. Lawrence River.

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Otsego lake at lakefront.jpgThe aging Syracuse, New York, building to the right in downtown Syracuse, New York, was the longtime home of a custom jewelry store, which moved out to make way for a wholesale renovation of the building

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Central New York & Thousand Islands, a little closer.

Cooperstown, Syracuse and Alexandria Bay mix baseball, canal stories and the St. Lawrence River. Give the distant communities their own days rather than treating them as one short loop.

Yates CountyGreene CountyHerkimer CountyQueens CountySchuyler CountyLivingston CountyOnondaga CountyDelaware CountyBronx CountyWarren CountyNassau CountyTioga CountyRensselaer CountySteuben CountyAlbany CountySeneca CountyMonroe CountyHamilton CountyOrange CountySchenectady CountySchoharie CountyBroome CountyRockland CountyChautauqua CountyNew York CountyPutnam CountyCayuga CountyColumbia CountyRichmond CountyOrleans CountyKings CountyCattaraugus CountyMontgomery CountyMadison CountyWashington CountySuffolk CountyFulton CountyWayne CountyNiagara CountyChemung CountyWyoming CountyOneida CountyFranklin CountyJefferson CountyEssex CountyUlster CountyGenesee CountyClinton CountyErie CountySullivan CountySt. Lawrence CountyCortland CountyDutchess CountySaratoga CountyOtsego CountyAllegany CountyOswego CountyOntario CountyChenango CountyLewis CountyWestchester CountyTompkins CountyCooperstown1. Cooperstown →Syracuse2. Syracuse →Alexandria Bay3. Alexandria Bay →

Highlighted counties locate these featured towns. These six WTDO discovery areas are editorial groupings. Markers indicate approximate town centers, not entrances or driving routes. Select a town to open its guide. County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Browse published places around Central New York & Thousand Islands. Business details are supplied by their owners.

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County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, New York FIPS36. Six WTDO areas are editorial discovery groupings.

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