Weekend Outings

One of the many and varied experiences in the NPAC Research Experiences for Undergraduates program is spending 10 weeks in central New York state. If you can drag yourself away from the computer, there are a number of opportunities for individual or group weekend outings around Syracuse:

• The cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto and Montreal are all roughly 5 hours driving time from Syracuse. Rochester, Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Ottawa, and Cooperstown are even closer.
• To the southwest is the Finger Lakes region of long glacial lakes, spectacular gorges and waterfalls, and lots of wineries.
• To the northwest is Lake Ontario and Niagara Falls.
• To the north is the scenic Thousand Islands region of the St Lawrence River on the Canadian border.
• To the northeast is the Adirondack State Park, the largest park in the continental United States (bigger than Yellowstone, Yosemite and Glacier National Parks combined), with beautiful mountains, forests and hundreds of lakes in one of the largest wilderness areas in the eastern United States.
• To the southeast are the Catskill mountains and the Hudson River valley.

• City of Syracuse
• Online Travel Guide to Upstate New York
• Syracuse Newspapers guide to things to do in Syracuse
• Syracuse New Times guide to what's on in Syracuse

The 1994 NPAC REU students visited Watkin's Glen, Taughannock Falls, and Green Lakes.

    Watkin's Glen    Taughannock Falls