New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania - New York State (Chapter)

This is the New York State chapter from Lonely Planet's New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania guidebook.

It comes as a surprise to many visitors that New York State is so many things: a historically rich hub of river transportation, a bucolic enclave of farms and antiques, and a treasure trove of natural beauty.

• watch forty million gallons of water hurtling down at Niagara Falls
• maps
• wow your taste buds at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park
• transportation
• live out your Great Gatsby-esque fantasies on Long Island's Gold Coast
• restaurants & accommodations

Coverage includes: History, Land & Climate, National & State Parks, Long Island, Gold Coast, The Hamptons, Shelter Island, Fire Island National Seashore, Hudson Valley, Cold Spring, Rhinebeck & around, Millbrook & around, Hudson, Catskills Region, Kingston, Saugerties, Woodstock, Phoenicia, Tannersville & around, Capital District & Mohawk Valley, Albany, Saratoga Springs, Cooperstown, The Adirondacks, Lake George & around, Bolton Landing, Lake Placid & around, Saranac Lake, Blue Mountain Lake & around, Old Forge & around, Thousand Islands, Alexandria Bay & around, Clayton, Cape Vincent, Sackets Harbor, St Lawrence Seaway, Finger Lakes Region, Southern Tier, Ithaca, Trumansburg, Watkins Glen, Hammondsport, Northern Tier, Syracuse, Skaneateles, Seneca Falls, Geneva, Penn Yan, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls & around, Fort Niagara State Park and Chautauqua.