Best Places in New York State: You Didn’t Know About Them

5:21 pm  |  23.10.2021

Sometimes you live for five years in New York and you can’t see anything around you. Can you tell me, without thinking, what color is the front door to your house? Not to your apartment. What are the names of at least three or four of your neighbors? Sometimes these questions are unexpectedly hard to answer because today we live like fish in the information ocean.


You can’t allow the outside to control life. We’ve chosen the most beautiful and secluded places in the state of New York.

Triphammer Falls

Triphammer is located in Ithaca, five hours from New York City.

This cascading waterfall, 55 feet high, is a daily pleasure to the visitors of the Cornell University campus. University founder Ezra Cornell really fell in love with this place during his first visit to Ithaca. In order to guarantee the supply of energy, Mr. Cornell has chosen the cheapest and most affordable source – water. On his orders, the first dam was built in the city, thanks to which the downstream production received the necessary energy year-round. 

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This beauty can be seen daily and completely free. The best view is from Triphammer Foot Bridge or East Ave. Bridge.

Bannerman Castle

On the Hudson River, near the city of Newburgh, lies a tiny island called Pollepel. An uninhabited place that can only be reached by boat, it has long served as a hiding place for those who wish. 

The island is shrouded in legends. One of them is associated with the origin of the name of the island – Pollepel.

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According to legend, the island got its name in honor of the young girl Pole, who frivolously walked on the ice of the frozen Hudson, and nearly drowned when the ice cracked. But Paul was rescued and brought to the island, where she happily married her savior.

In real life, there was little romance on the island. Since the revolution, the island has had five owners: William Van Wyck of Fishkill, Mary G. Taft of Cornwall, Francis Bannerman of Brooklyn, New York, and the Rockefeller Foundation, which donated the island to New York State in the 20th century.

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The most famous owner was Francis Bannerman, who was born in Scotland in 1851. He arrived in the United States at the age of three, along with his entire family, who settled in Brooklyn. Bannerman was a major businessman who bought weapons and ammunition from the state. At the end of the 19th century, his business flourished, and warehouses grew to such proportions that the authorities of New York demanded to move the weapons storage facilities outside the city. While canoeing in the Hudson, Bannerman spotted a pretty island that might well have served as storage space. The island was purchased from the Taft family in 1900.


Bannerman’s castle was built on the island, naturally in the Scottish style. It was immediately decided to place the weapons depots, which led to very disastrous consequences only 20 years later … You can visit the island and look at the remains of Bannerman’s castle in the summer, from May to October. The cost of the excursion is $ 35 per person.

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Whiteface Mountain Steps

Your friends will probably wonder for a long time how you managed to visit China and its Great Wall in just one weekend? Or maybe you even managed to get to Peru and walk around Machu Picchu? If you want to add a little intrigue – just don’t put the location on Instagram in your photos from the peak of Mount Whiteface located in the Adirondack Park.

It is here that ancient mountain steps are located, leading, as if, straight into the sky. To get to the top, you will need to drive along the Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway. You will remember this trip for a long time. The road leads to the fifth highest peak in New York State, to the summit of Mount Whiteface at 4,867 feet.

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Climbing the mountain is paid additionally – $ 12 – for a car with one driver, plus $ 8 for each additional passenger. Children under 6 years old do not pay. It is also possible to hike up by bike for $ 10.

Mount Colden and Avalanche Lake

One of the most scenic, but also the most challenging mountain trails in New York State, is the 10-mile Avalanche Lake Trail. 

You can take your pet with you, because sometimes it also needs to be charged with the positive energy of nature, and access to the mountain is open to absolutely everyone.

This exciting hike will give you the chance to enjoy views of one of the most beautiful lakes in New York State. During the hike, you will have to overcome your fear more than once, because the road to Lake Avalanche, located between the Colden and Algonquin mountains, passes through stairs and bridges hanging directly above the rocks around the lake.

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Hiking can be done all year round. If you prefer the views of the ice-bound lake surface – please, but do not forget to choose the right form of clothing. It should be warm, comfortable, and waterproof. Shoes should also be comfortable and safe in the first place, with non-slip soles.

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