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title: Enjoy the Finger Lakes — Wineries, Waterfalls, Lakes, Towns & Seasons
url: https://enjoythefingerlakes.com/
updated: 2026-10-24
site: Enjoy the Finger Lakes
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# Enjoy the Finger Lakes

The Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance calls the region a **four-season destination** with **11 lakes** in the heart of Upstate New York. There is leaf-peeping in the fall, boating in the summer and winery tours year-round. This guide uses only facts from official sources, and each page links them.

![Vineyards on the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail](https://enjoythefingerlakes.com/images/cayuga-wine-trail.jpg)
*Photo: Cayuga Lake Wine Trail (https://cayugawinetrail.com/)*

## Plan by interest

| If you love… | Start with | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Wine | Cayuga Lake Wine Trail (America's first wine trail) and the Seneca Lake Wine Trail | [Wine trails](/wine-trails) |
| Waterfalls and hiking | Watkins Glen (19 waterfalls in a mile), Taughannock Falls (215 ft), Letchworth | [Waterfalls](/waterfalls) |
| History | Women's Rights NHP, Harriet Tubman NHP, Seward House, Corning Museum of Glass | [History and museums](/history) |
| The lakes | Owasco, Skaneateles, Cayuga, Seneca, Canandaigua | [Seasons](/seasons) |
| A central base | Springside Inn on Owasco Lake | [Where to stay](/stay) |

## The quick list

1. Taste Riesling on the **Seneca Lake Wine Trail**, in an AVA covering 320 square miles.
2. Walk the **Gorge Trail at Watkins Glen State Park**, open roughly late May to late October.
3. See **Taughannock Falls** drop 215 feet.
4. Stand where the **first Women's Rights Convention** met in Seneca Falls on July 19–20, 1848.
5. Watch live glassblowing at the **Corning Museum of Glass**, which covers 3,500 years of glass.
6. Swim, paddle and fish on **Owasco Lake**, the smallest and warmest of the six major lakes (FingerLakes.com). See [Visit Owasco Lake](https://visitowascolake.com/).

## Stay in the middle of it all

![Springside Inn on Owasco Lake, Auburn NY](https://enjoythefingerlakes.com/images/springside/exterior.jpg)
*Photo: Springside Inn (https://springsideinn.com/)*

**Springside Inn** (6141 West Lake Road, Auburn) sits across from Owasco Lake. It is about 24 minutes from Seneca Falls, 37 from Geneva and about an hour from Ithaca (OSRM estimates). [See drive times →](/stay)

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Other pages: https://enjoythefingerlakes.com/wine-trails.md, https://enjoythefingerlakes.com/waterfalls.md, https://enjoythefingerlakes.com/history.md, https://enjoythefingerlakes.com/seasons.md, https://enjoythefingerlakes.com/stay.md, https://enjoythefingerlakes.com/faq.md, https://enjoythefingerlakes.com/sources.md
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