Tourist Attractions
In and Around Gilboa

As you read through these attractions, please also check the other pages on the navigation page to the right. Tourist attractions are categorized separately under "Physical Activities" or "Sedentary Activities" — there is simply too much to do around here to be easily listed on one page.

Feedback needed: Should these activities be listed alphabetically (as here)
or rearranged geographically (attractions to the north of Gilboa, etc.)?

Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown is a museum of the treasures and history of America's favorite pastime — baseball.

Blenheim Covered Bridge  
Nnorth of the village of Blenheim on Route 30
The longest single span covered bridge in the world.

Blenheim Natural Gas Explosion   occurred on March 13, 1990, searing a way down the valley and destroying much of the village of North Blenheim. A   memorial is in front of the firehouse on Route 30 in the village.

Catskill Game FarmCatskill RailroadCave House Museum of Mining & Geology
Howes Cave, NY

Coopers Ark Farm
Open Memorial Day through Columbus Day 9 – 6
Off season by appointment only. $6.00.
Hands on-or-off Educational Farm Tour includes hayride. Feed the animals and ponyride available. No pets or full-size buses.

Dave Elerson Memorial Gravesite  at Flat Creek Cemetery (on Parson’s Hill Road 0.1 miles north of Flat Creek Road). This is the D.A.R. commemoration of the Revolutionary War soldier, sharpshooter, and member of Daniel Morgan ’ s rifle corps; and a friend of Revolutionary War hero Timothy Murphy.

Decker/Starheim Barn   west of Schoharie Creek, at the northern end of Starheim Road off Shew Hollow Road is a magnificent example of an eighteenth-century barn using loose hay.

Delaware & Ulster Rail Ride
Railroad Ave — Post Office Box 310 -
Stamford, NY, 12167-0310
607.652.2821
Tourist train ride operated by Catskill Revit. Corp., a nonprofit corporation

Gilboa Dam Overlook   on Route 990V opposite the school has free parking available (the only thing free from the DEP).

Gilboa Honor Roll   at the Town Hall and Post Office on Route 990V just east of Schoharie Creek. Gilboa Village Historical Marker   located on 990V just above the NYC reservoir.

Gobbler's Knob Family Fun Park
3793 State Route 145 -
Cobleskill, NY, 12157
518-296-8008
Driving Range, Miniature Golf & Go-Kart Track.
Our Driving Range has been updated with new netting and a larger selection of clubs to rent, and our professionally designed 18 hole Miniature Golf course features highlights from Schoharie County.

Howe Caverns, Inc.
255 Discovery Drive -
Howes Cave, NY, 12092
518.296.8990
OPEN ALL YEAR! (9am-5pm daily w/extended hours of 8:30am to 7pm July 1-Labor Day). Premier world-famous attraction; guided cavern tours, gift & souvenir shop, homemade fudge, gemstone mining, snack bar, AAA rated motel & seasonal restaurant.Descend 156 feet below the surface during a 1 hour and 20 minute cave journey by foot and boat.

Minekill Falls Overlook National Soccer Hall of Fame
18 Stadium Circle
Oneonta, New York 13820
607.432.3351

Roxbury Nine vintage 19th-century baseball

Secret Caverns
Zume Flume Water Park

Farms for Family Enjoyment

Coopers Ark Farm
Open Memorial Day through Columbus Day 9 – 6
Off season by appointment only. $6.00.
Hands on-or-off Educational Farm Tour includes hayride. Feed the animals and ponyride available.
No pets or full-size buses.

Pick A Pumpkin Pumpkin Patch Saturday
2716 Creek Road
Esperance, NY, 12066
518-868-4893
Generally the month of October
     Affordable family fun in a unique farm and country setting; pumpkin picking, gourds, Indian corn, hay & cornstalks. Entertainment includes hayrides, Storybrook land, farm animals, Halloween Shop, cider donuts, hay tunnel, crafts, tree house, mazes

School of Country Wisdom
113 Park Place, Suite 2
Schoharie, NY 12157
1-800-41-VISIT (418-4748
The School of Country Wisdom is a joint effort to preserve Schoharie County's heritage while encouraging new economic development. The leadership includes the Schoharie County Chamber of Commerce and its Agri-Business Committee, the Schoharie County Planning and Development Agency, the Schoharie County Farm Bureau, SUNY Cobleskill, the Schoharie Valley Association and the Schoharie County Cooperative Extension, in cooperation with Storey Publishing, based in North Adams, Massachusetts.

 

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