TOURISM

Otsego County has a little bit of everything for your enjoyment. If you love baseball, you'll love Cooperstown and the National Baseball Hall of Fame. If you love soccer, you'll love Oneonta and the National Soccer Hall of Fame. If you love culture, history, and the outdoors, you'll love Otsego County.

Discover a place where heritage and natural beauty come together in the rolling foothills of the northern Catskills, the land of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales. Here in Otsego County you'll find world-class opera, national art exhibitions, theater, and concerts.

Tourism is arguably Otsego County's largest industry. Approximately 500,000 people visit Otsego County each year, spending $134 million.

Below is just a sample of the many attractions Otsego County has to offer:

• National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown
• National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta
• Fenimore Art Museum
• Farmers' Museum
• Glimmerglass Opera
• Oneonta's Orpheus Theatre
• Pristine lakes and hundreds of miles of fishing streams
• Golf at more than 10 golf courses
• The 70 mile General Clinton Canoe Regatta (nation's best flat water canoe race)
• Skiing, snowmobiling and ice skating
• Camping, hunting, fishing and hiking
• Summer camps
• Sailing races, triathlons, outdoor concerts
• Shopping at boutiques, antique shops, and book stores
• Numerous farmers' markets and agribusinesses

For a complete list of attractions and accommodations, please visit www.visitcooperstown.com

Local Chambers of Commerce are also great resources for tourist information.

The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce

Welcome to Cooperstown, New York: the "Home of Baseball" and the "Village of Museums"

31 Chestnut Street
Cooperstown, NY 13326
(877) 867-4737
www.cooperstownchamber.org

Cherry Valley Chamber of Commerce

Discover Historic Cherry Valley, a short scenic drive from Cooperstown's museums and Glimmerglass Opera. Cherry Valley offers you: hospitality and fine dining as you journey for business or pleasure, many spots of historic interest, the Cherry Valley Museum and Library stored with records of the past, quiet, wooded hills, distant views, and all the peace of natural beauty.

PO Box 37
Cherry Valley, NY 13326
(607) 264-3966
www.cherryvalleyny.com

Unadilla Chamber of Commerce

Unadilla, named "The Village Beautiful", is located in the southeast corner of Otsego County at the junction of the beautiful Susquehanna and Unadilla Rivers. The surrounding area is generally called the Tri-Town. This includes the villages of Unadilla, Afton, Bainbridge, and Sidney.

PO Box 275
Unadilla, NY 13849
(607) 369-9239
www.unadillachamber.org

I Love NY

Come visit New York State! This site offers different links to Travel & Tourism, Filmmaking in New York, Doing Business in New York and Starting or Expanding Your Small Business in New York State.

      www.iloveny.com