Wayne County Life

SUBMITTED by Kara Lynn Dunn (4-Aug-2011)

Weekly top 10 day trip ideas along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail National Scenic Byway – all within an easy day trip of Wayne County!

1. Don your best pirate attire and fly the Jolly Roger at Bill Johnston’s Pirate Days in Alexandria Bay August 12-21
2. Enjoy America’s Grape Country Wine Festival, western NY’s largest wine festival with a farmer’s market, crafts, music, and educational wine seminars at the Chautauqua County Fairgrounds in Dunkirk, NY August 13-14
3. View the works of more than 150 artists at the Outdoor Fine Arts Festival in Lewiston, NY august 13-14
4. Stay close to home and enjoy a wine tasting at each of the wineries along the Lake Ontario Wine Trail
5. Discover the genius of architecture and the beauty of nature at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff Estate in Derby, NY
6. Experience 200 years of growing fruit, fun, and memories at Brown’s Berry Patch in Waterport, NY
7. Go geocaching on the Great Lakes Seaway Trail GeoTrail and collect 5 trackable GeoCoins
8. Tour the historic Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse or even stay the night in the assistant keepers quarters located within Golden Hill State Park in Barker, NY.
9. Learn about the hundreds of assorted farm animals from cows to camels or take the narrated Moo Town Trolley ride for a tour of a modern dairy farm at Old McDonald’s Farm in Sackets Harbor, NY
10. Visit Boldt Castle in Alexandria Bay, NY and learn the story of how millionaire hotel proprietor George Boldt constructed this full size Rhineland castle as a display of love for his wife only to have construction immediately stopped upon her sudden death in 1904

Wayne County is centrally located along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, a National Scenic Byway that follows the shores of Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River. Visit www.seawaytrail.com/daytripper for more information on these and other fun ideas all within a day trip of Wayne County!

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