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Village in New York, United States
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Trumansburg is a village the Finger Lakes region of central New York, between Cayuga and Seneca Lakes. It offers a distinctive mix of an old rural village and modern funkiness. Named after Abner Truman, it is in the Town of Ulysses.
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The biggest most beautiful house in Trumansburg, built by local notable Hermon Camp, an officer in the War of 1812, local postmaster, and founder of the local bank. Not open to the public, since people still live there, but it's occasionally open for charity house tours or events. Now surrounded by trees, but when it was built, everything'd been cut down and farmed and you could see all the way to the lake.
Every summer 10,000 people descend on the village for a weekend of non-stop music by bands from the well known to the obscure for the annual Grassroots festival. The scene is mellow, families with young children mingling with tie-dyed 20-somethings. Many people camp in tents or RVs. Also lots of food, the local police chief says good things about the barbeque stand.
Five days of rides, games, food and races. The Fair also features art and animal judging, a fireman's parade, and Children's Day.
From June through October T'burg has its own small but busy farmers market, with locally raised fruits and vegetables, meat and eggs, baked goods, takeout food, crafts, and sometimes ice cream and local wine. On nice days there's often a small acoustic band.
Unpretentious upscale food in a remodelled diner. Owned by professionally trained chefs, the food is consistently imaginative and good, and they have an excellent array of wines by the glass.
Rt 89 adjacent to Taughannock Falls park 607-387-7711. Traditional American cuisine, in classically upscale setting with a tremendous lake view. Entrees $25-$35. Also offers B&B rooms in season.
Half a notch up from diner food, cheerful and reliable. Everyone goes there for breakfast.
The local ice cream stand offers Ithaca's Purity Ice Cream in stupendously large portions. (The small is enough for any normal person.) Also has hotdogs and chili in case you forgot to have dinner first at the Falls across the street.
Is the northernmost outpost of Ithaca's local coffee chain. They have every known variety of coffee beverage and an array of local baked treats. It has wifi but Trumansburg is so retro that people are known to drink coffee while talking to people sitting right next to them. Look for high schoolers playing trash talk chess on rainy afternoons.
112 E Main St, near the schools.
16 Elm St, T'burg's second most large and beautiful house.
89 Cayuga St, quiet neighborhood about four blocks from downtown.
5040 Perry City Rd between T'burg and Ithaca.
3883 County Rd 143, in the country northwest of T'burg.
Rte 96 about 1/2 mi southeast of the village.
Kingtown Beach Rd, off rte 89 3 1/2 miles north of the park, on Cayuga Lake. 400 feet of Cayuga Lakeside on 5 acres of property, located 11 miles North of Ithaca, NY. Great for Family Reunions. Close to shopping, grocery stores and restaurants in the quaint town of Trumansburg, NY.
Used clothing consignment shop that benefits local charities. Some great stuff, some not so great stuff, depending on what's in stock when you drop in.
A quirky used bookstore with books ranging from the obscure academic tomes to 50s pulp paperbacks to old Nancy Drew. Hours vary depending on the owners' schedule. It's next door to Gimme Coffee so get something to read while you sip.
Occupying beautiful 19th-century building for years. Objects of charm and value, wide range of eras, changing inventory.
Nice selection of gifts, kitchen and home items, and just plain fun stuff. Cool triangular shaped building.
A mostly second-hand store. Women's and men's clothes, boots, shoes, and accessories, furniture, records, jewelry, artwork, books and housewares.
Most people arrive by car. NY Route 96 is Main St, passing through Trumansburg on its way from Ithaca to Waterloo and Geneva. T'burg is about 10 minutes from Ithaca.
Read in the guideThe village is only a mile across, and the downtown is only a few blocks long, so most places are walkable. There are two small municipal parking lots, but street parking is always available except during special events.
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