Trip Ideas
Family Trips in Northern New York
Gorges, castles, beaches and easy trails for every age.
This guide is being researched and written now. While it is, start with the destinations below or the fall getaways guide.
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Where to go in the meantime
IllustrationThousand Islands
Alexandria Bay
The busiest island village on the river, and the departure point for boat tours to Boldt Castle on Heart Island.
IllustrationThousand Islands
Wellesley Island
One of the largest American islands in the chain, reached by the Thousand Islands Bridge: a state park with trails and a nature center, and the Victorian cottage community of Thousand Island Park.
IllustrationTug Hill
Lowville
The Lewis County seat, a farm-country main street on the eastern edge of Tug Hill and a natural base for Whetstone Gulf and the Black River valley.