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Western NY Neighbors
M2 | Lake Erie Grape Belt
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Our Western New York Neighbors
Niagara Falls is one of New York’s most visited sites and is located just two hours north of Chautauqua County. Niagara Falls State Park is made up of 400 acres of natural landscape including views of both the American Falls and Horseshoe Falls. Visit the City of Buffalo on the way, perhaps spending an afternoon touring their Buffalo Wing Trail including the Anchor Bar, the birthplace of Buffalo Wings.
New York’s largest state park, Allegany State Park, is just east of the ChautauquaLake Erie Region. Hike, bike, horseback ride, cross country ski and snowmobile both paved and natural trails throughout 65,000 acres of mixed hemlock/ hardwood forests with rolling hills, meadows, ponds and two lakes. The SenecaIroquois National Museum is housed in the new Deyonöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center in Salamanca. The Living Culture Village gives visitors an in-depth look at the traditional history of the Haudenosaunee people, with emphasis on the Seneca people.
Visit Western New York’s must-see artistic and architectural gems. One of America’s largest and oldest sculpture park, Griffis Sculpture Park, is located just outside of Ellicottville and features 50 monumental steel sculptures dispersed over miles of hiking trails. View two estates designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Isabelle and Darwin D. Martin nearby. Graycliff estate is located on a bluff overlooking Lake Erie just south of Buffalo and the Martin House Complex is in the city itself. Both properties include classic Wright features like cantilevered balconies, graceful terraces, and “ribbons” of windows. Sign up for a historic architecture tour of Buffalo.