Destinations within one hour
(Listed in order from closest to farthest from Canajoharie)

Our information kiosk stocks brochures for many attractions around the region.

Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery 518-673-2314 One of America's finest art collections in a non-urban setting.

Canajoharie Gorge 518-673-5512 Spectacular chasm, home of Canajoharie Falls and the Boiling Pot.

Fort Plain Museum 518-993-2527 1848 house museum, local history, site of Revolutionary War Headquarters. Exhibits include: Native American archeology, Erie Canal, vehicles and tools.

Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community, Fonda 518-673-2534 A small group of traditional Mohawks farm, cultivate, and preserve this land. This is the original Mohawk name for Canajoharie. Features craft shop, workshops and festivals.

Windfall Dutch Barn, Salt Springville is a pre-revolutionary restored structure, seated on its original site. This site was used as a resting and feeding place during the wagon march by general Clinton on the way to the Susquehanna River. Now used for concerts and private parties.

Palatine Church, 1770, Nelliston, graceful limestone church on Route 5.

Fort Klock Historic Restoration, St. Johnsville 518-568-7779 Nat'l Historic Landmark. 1750 Native American trading post/ farm house. Blacksmith shop, schoolhouse, Dutch barn, herb garden.

Nellis Tavern, 1747, just west of Fort Klock, saved by Palatine Settlement Society, open for several events throughout the year.

Margaret Reaney Memorial Library, St. Johnsville 518-568-7822 Original oil paintings, bronze sculpture. History of the Mohawk Valley. Library, geneology, emphasis on the Palatine Germans.

Historic Main Street Tour, Sharon Springs, 518-284-2839 A self-guided walking tour consisting of 20 plaques along a five block stretch of Main St. Depicting the history and architecture of the spa village.

Imperial Sulphur Spa-Baths, Sharon Springs, 1-800-448-4314. Historic sulphur bath spa, open to the public. Private tubs & rooms, massage. Summer operation, closed Saturdays. 1927 classical architecture bathhouse on the National Register of Historic Places.

Fonda Speedway and Fairgrounds 518-382-3115 Big block modified stock car racing on Saturday nights May-Sept. and home of Fonda Fair

The Old Fonda Courthouse 518-853-8187 Greek revival home of Montgomery County Department of History and Archives. Vast collection of historical and genealogical collections and original county records.

Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine, Fonda 518-853-3646 Site of excavated 17th-c Mohawk village of Caughnawaga. Chapel, museum, gift shop.

Shrine of North American Martyrs, Auriesville. 518-853-3033 Site of the America's first and only canonized Martyrs. Here is the birthplace of the Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks, born at Ossernenon in 1656, just ten years after these Martyrdoms.

Cherry Valley Museum 607-264-3098 Federal style house (ca.1815) with exhibits from 1778 massacre to late 20th-c. Collection of 1830's memorabilia, antique fire engines and a diorama of the infamous Cherry Valley Massacre. Period clothing collections. Kitchen exhibit and other period rooms.

Howe Caverns Howe's Cave, 518-296-8900 10-million-year-old cave. Boat ride on underground lake. Elevator entrance, brick walks. Limited wheelchair access. Please call ahead.

Secret Caverns Howe's Cave, 518-296-8558 Natural entrance into cave, ancient fossils, 100-ft underground waterfall, stalactites & stalagmites, flowstones. Picnic area

Iroquois Indian Museum 518-296-8949 Featuring Iroquois art, past and present, as a window into their culture.

Johnson Hall State Historic Site 518-762-8712 Nat'l Historic Landmark. 1763 Georgian home of Sir William Johnson, first Baronet of New York, British Superintendent of Indian Affairs.

Fulton County Courthouse 518-725-8314 Built 1772 by Sir William Johnson. Oldest Colonial court house in NYS still used today.

Fulton County Museum, Gloversville, NY 518-725-2203 Colonial and Indian artifacts, glove and leather-making displays.

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site, Fort Hunter 518-829-7516 Dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the Erie Canal

Beardslee Castle, Little Falls, 315-823-3000 Haunted Goth castle featured on history channel. Bar restaurant and music "One of Central New York's architectural and historic treasures"

Canal Place, Little Falls, 315-823-8812 Canal Place is the historic district along the Erie Canal and Mohawk River. Lock 17 is the highest lock in NYS. Rock climbing, biking, hiking are attractions. Tour boat at Benton's Landing. Restaurants, galleries, shops and antiquing.

Herkimer Home State Historic Site, Herkimer, 1764. Visit the Georgian-style mansion that was the home to courageous Revolutionary War hero, General Nicholas Herkimer.

Herkimer Diamond Mines, Inc, Herkimer 315-891-7355 Serves an international market for prospecting, camping, fishing. It holds the largest jewelry store in the northeast, an extensive geological museum and three dining opportunities. Educational group packages are accommodated.

Remington Arms Museum, Ilion, 315-895-3200 Historical museum of Remington Arms.

Old Fort Johnson National Historic Site, Amsterdam, on Mohawk River, it was here that William Johnson called together the six nations of the Iroquois before the French and Indian War. Later he married Molly Brant.

Walter Elwood Museum, Amsterdam, 518-843-5151 The museum collection is housed in a 100-year old brick building which formally served as an elementary school. 25,000 artifacts fall into four categories: multicultural, victorian, natural history, and items that relate to Mohawk Valley's colorful industrial past (documentary, photographic and tangible).

Noteworthy Indian Museum, Amsterdam, 518-843-4761 Developed from over 60,000 artifacts, the museum quality clay pots, stone tools, beadwork and baskets tell the story of the Mohawk. Open June - August. Call for times.

Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Monastery, Jordanville 315-858-0940 Byzantine-Russian architecture, brilliant golden domes. Bell Tower, bookstore.

Indian Castle Church, Little Falls, 315-823-2099 Built 1769 by Sir William Johnson, open for events May-Oct.

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, 1-888-HALL-OF-FAME The one, the only, the original, the mecca for ball fans young and old.

Fenimore Museum, Cooperstown, 607-547-1400 "Home to one of the finest collections of American folk art, North American Indian Art, and James Fenimore Cooper memorabilia, as well as extraordinary examples from the Hudson River School."

The Farmer's Museum Cooperstown, 607-547-1400 Huge collection, exhibits, events, 19th-centry village and farmstead

Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown 607-547-2255 Summer home of New York City Opera, performing at the reknowned Alice Busch Opera Theatre on the shores of Otsego Lake

Hyde Hall National Historic Landmark, Cooperstown Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan has called Hyde Hall "one of the most remarkable buildings in America."

Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, 800-544-1809, 607-544-1800 Microbrewery "based on traditional Belgian farmhouse architecture and set on a former hop farm in upstate New York", offers tours and tastings, special events.

Erie Canal Village, Rome. 315-337-3999 It is a reconstructed 19th century settlement on the site where, on July 4, 1817, the first shovelful of earth was turned for the construction of the original Erie Canal. Offers mule-drawn packet boat rides, narrow gauge train rides

Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, Utica 315-797-0000. Offers 20 galleries featuring primarily American painting and 19th-century decorative arts shown in the Philip Johnson-designed museum and Fountain Elms, a refurbished 1850s mansion.