D I A M O N D D R E A M S ...''The Ultimate Softball Experience''
COOPERSTOWN- ''WHERE LEGENDS LIVE!''
FUN THINGS TO DO FREE or INEXPENSIVE THINGS TO DO IN COOPERSTOWN
Relax by Lake Otsego, the source of the Susquehanna River. (Free) Enjoy a picnic lunch in Lake Front Park at the foot of Pioneer St. Takeout lunches/snacks/dinners are available at most local restaurants. Watch a baseball game at historic Doubleday Field. (Free) Games are scheduled all day long. Ride the trolley. ($3.00 adults, $1.00 kids under 12 - fare is honored all day) Visit local Art Galleries: Smithy-Pioneer Gallery (Pioneer St.) and Cooperstown Art Association (Main Street in the Village Library building.) (Free) Visit the Farmers' Market in Pioneer Alley behind Key Bank, Saturdays during the summer & early fall. (Free) Attend the Wednesday Night Cooperstown Community Band Concert at the Otesaga Hotel, Lake Street, 8:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. (July/August) (Free) Tour Goodyear Swamp Sanctuary (Behind the Opera House on Rte 80). (Free) Visit the breweries: Brewery Ommegang on River Road and Cooperstown Brewing Company ($3.00), East Main Street, Milford. Visit the Bear Pond Wines (Rte 28 South) (Free) Take self-guided walking tour of Cooperstown and see area landmarks and historic homes. Maps available at Information kiosk & Chamber Office. (Maps - $0.50 each) Swim at Three Mile Point (St. Hwy 80 - West Lake Road)-$5.00 per person; Fairy Springs (Rte 31, East Lake Rd.)-$5.00 per person; Glimmerglass State Park (Rte 31, East Lake Road)-$6.00 per car. Rent a fishing pole for $10.00 or a kayak or canoe for $20.00 at Sam Smiths Boatyard 607-547-2543. Visit Fly Creek Cider Mill (Route 28N to flashing light in Fly Creek, turn right, follow signs). Open May-December. 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. daily. (Free) Attend an Oneonta Tigers minor league game. Buy a day pass for the Clark Sports Center. Olympic swimming pool, running track, racquet ball and basketball courts, climbing walls, bowling alleys. Children under 18 must have waiver slip signed by a parent. Adults $8.00, Children under 18, $4.00. See the fallow deer on Susquehanna Avenue just before the Clark Sports Center. Free concerts in the park in Sharon Springs on Wednesdays during July and August. Ride the Scenic & Historic Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad. Full week passes are available (at the Diamond Dreams Gift Shop) Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society 607-432-2429 or check out their website at www.lrhs.com. This list is provided by the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce and is subject to change without notice.
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