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Finger Lakes, United States
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North of New York's famous Finger Lakes is a broad plain dotted with apple orchards, glacial drumlins, and small villages. We call it the Finger Lakes Apple Country.
A flashback to the 1970s, Connelly's Cove still offers great comfort food and fantastic views of the bay.
By plane
There's no scheduled commercial service to Apple Country; for that, you'll want to fly into either Rochester's or Syracuse's international airport.
By boat
The Erie Canal provides boaters access to many of the villages in Apple Country; the best place to tie up is probably in Palmyra, but you should be able to find a mooring at any population center.
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Rochester · International · ROC
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Newark is a village located in the Finger Lakes Apple Country region of New York.
Palmyra is a village and surrounding town in the Finger Lakes region of New York. In the nineteenth century, it was a center for religious revivalism, but today it's one of the most-visited villages along the Erie Canal.
Sodus Point is a village of 860 people (2019) in the Finger Lakes Apple Country region of New York. It is a lakeside community surrounded on three sides by water, and part of the Rochester metropolitan area.
Sterling is a rural town in the Finger Lakes region of New York. The village of Fair Haven is the primary population center.
Williamson is a rural community in the Finger Lakes Apple Country region of New York State. The town is located in Wayne County, NY and named after the land agent of the Pulteney Purchase, Charles Williamson.
Wolcott is in Finger Lakes Apple Country.
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