The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

[Brownski]

Good suggestions
I’m curious about the Ghent and Gilboa options, or maybe I’ll just go to the museum in Albany. Haven’t been there in a few decades. Ausable and Katerskill would both be good but I’ve already done them a few times each. Maybe the walkway over the Hudson

[gravitylover]

Is that one in Ghent the one with the big sculptures above the Taconic? I thought that's in Hudson.

[Brownski]

Is that one in Ghent the one with the big sculptures above the Taconic? I thought that's in Hudson.

You know what? I think I mistook it for Pratts Rock. Now that I look, Ghent is on the wrong side of the river. Pratt’s Rock is in contention though

[ex-powderbroker]

Somebody suggest a good side trip off the Thruway/Northway between Rockland County and Plattsburgh- not too far off the exit and not too time consuming and something I haven’t done already please.

hiking?

[Brownski]

hiking?

Sure. I guess the possibilities are endless. Just trying to break up the drive though. Nothing big

[m2711c]

stop by the feed store and check out their face sized pitchfork selection…



https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2023/...outputType=amp





utica dont need no stinkin’ guns… fact.

[m2711c]

this is calling you…



https://www.paradoxbrewery.com/products/getoffmylawn




fact.

[Brownski]

That stuff does sound good

[gravitylover]

You know what? I think I mistook it for Pratts Rock. Now that I look, Ghent is on the wrong side of the river. Pratt’s Rock is in contention though

Unless the map is upside down this is the right side of the river It's just the way it is.

I need to find that Paradox.

[gravitylover]

Getting loaded up for another cross-state loop, gotta go to the kid's grad school graduation. The plan today for the ride west is lunch on the water with the dogs in Watkins Glen, then stop at Barrelhouse 6 Distillery for a bottle of Bourbon Cream, maybe a winery stop along one of the lakes after I make a work stop and then head west for the last hour or two into a very smoky sunset.

About that smoke - It's horrible here, grey and dingy with muted sunlight, it's as bad as during any of the really bad fire seasons the last few years and it's only May

[m2711c]

[RShea]

About that smoke - It's horrible here, grey and dingy with muted sunlight, it's as bad as during any of the really bad fire seasons the last few years and it's only May

Weather showed that the Western Canada forest fires Alberta, etc. are causing the smoke and the winds are carrying it over across Canada and into mostly New York and states North of NY.

As I see you already know based on the Forest Fires thread...

[CallMeAl]

Brownski-

Kinda neat historical spot off Exit 17: https://sgfny.com/coopers-cave/

Great beer drinking patio nearby: https://commonrootsbrewing.com/ (you'd want to do this before the cave to avoid backtracking).

Or there's this gruesome historical gem between exit 20 and 21: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bloody-pond

And hopefully you already know about this place off exit 23: https://oscarsadksmokehouse.com/

Once I load up on jerky from Oscar's, I always like to check in on this Warrensburg gem when I'm visiting too. Not sure how much is going on there these days, but it's where I learned to ski so maybe just nostalgic for me: https://skihickory.com/

Also a childhood friend has this spot off exit 24: https://www.thehubadk.com/

[Brownski]

Brownski-

Kinda neat historical spot off Exit 17: https://sgfny.com/coopers-cave/

Great beer drinking patio nearby: https://commonrootsbrewing.com/ (you'd want to do this before the cave to avoid backtracking).

Or there's this gruesome historical gem between exit 20 and 21: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bloody-pond

And hopefully you already know about this place off exit 23: https://oscarsadksmokehouse.com/

Once I load up on jerky from Oscar's, I always like to check in on this Warrensburg gem when I'm visiting too. Not sure how much is going on there these days, but it's where I learned to ski so maybe just nostalgic for me: https://skihickory.com/

Also a childhood friend has this spot off exit 24: https://www.thehubadk.com/

Good recommendations there. About 2/3 of the way there, right off the Northway and probably not too time consuming. All I am looking for is a chance to stretch my legs a little. Re. Bloody Pond, I’m familiar with that place. Harriman/Bear Mountain SP has an equivalent body of water called Hessian Lake- which I think is a sanitized version of a more colorful former name.

[mcphee]

Typical last day here, in high Utica fashion.
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Ooooooooh, yea…..right in my veins

[twomartinis]

And hopefully you already know about this place off exit 23: https://oscarsadksmokehouse.com/

and they're open late too:
https://www.syracuse.com/food/2020/0...mokehouse.html


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[twomartinis]

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[twomartinis]

Getting loaded up for another cross-state loop, gotta go to the kid's grad school graduation. The plan today for the ride west is lunch on the water with the dogs in Watkins Glen, then stop at Barrelhouse 6 Distillery for a bottle of Bourbon Cream, maybe a winery stop along one of the lakes after I make a work stop and then head west for the last hour or two into a very smoky sunset.

scoot up Rt 14 to Dundee

hermann wiemer winery

some of the best the finger lakes has to offer


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[gravitylover]

I was going to go to Dundee, I have a customer on the way there from Watkins Glen. Unfortunately I/we moved a little slower this morning than I'd hoped. I used to make it up here about an hour faster in that old Range Rover

[Peruvian]

Weather showed that the Western Canada forest fires Alberta, etc. are causing the smoke and the winds are carrying it over across Canada and into mostly New York and states North of NY.

As I see you already know based on the Forest Fires thread...

Even if we’re not sure where Upstate NY is, can we confirm how many states are north of New York?

[gravitylover]

Weather showed that the Western Canada forest fires Alberta, etc. are causing the smoke and the winds are carrying it over across Canada and into mostly New York and states North of NY.

As I see you already know based on the Forest Fires thread...

We finally broke through to clear air about 30 miles SW of Rochester. The wind now is out of the NE so it should get better.

Brownski-

Kinda neat historical spot off Exit 17: https://sgfny.com/coopers-cave/

Great beer drinking patio nearby: https://commonrootsbrewing.com/ (you'd want to do this before the cave to avoid backtracking).

Or there's this gruesome historical gem between exit 20 and 21: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bloody-pond

And hopefully you already know about this place off exit 23: https://oscarsadksmokehouse.com/

Once I load up on jerky from Oscar's, I always like to check in on this Warrensburg gem when I'm visiting too. Not sure how much is going on there these days, but it's where I learned to ski so maybe just nostalgic for me: https://skihickory.com/

Also a childhood friend has this spot off exit 24: https://www.thehubadk.com/

I need to check out The Hub, it keeps popping up in my bike shop lists.

[MakersTeleMark]

Even if we’re not sure where Upstate NY is, can we confirm how many states are north of New York?

They are all a New York state of mind.

[RShea]

Even if we’re not sure where Upstate NY is, can we confirm how many states are north of New York?

A small part of NH and ME of course. VT, MA, and maybe part of CT and RI are east of Up State NY...

[m2711c]

takin’ the new “meets osha poopin’ standards” $4500 clamshell folding port ‘o potty out for a shake down run on a beautiful spring day…







yep.

[gravitylover]

We had dinner at a (horrible) restaurant on the Canal last night and the wife and kid were complaining about the smell. Then other kid said they just filled the canal a few days ago so I looked. Sure enough it was filled with things that probably did smell. Good thing I can't smell anything.

North of NY? Not much, some of Maine and a wee bit of NH. Other than that you need to go west to the UP.