Finger Lakes National Forest
16,000 acres on the ridge between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes, with 30 miles of trails and some of the best blueberry picking in the state.
The Finger Lakes National Forest occupies the Hector Land Use Area, the ridge of high ground between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes in Schuyler and Seneca Counties. The terrain shifts between hardwood forest, open pasture leased to working cattle farms, and sections of trail that look directly down vineyard hillsides to the lake below. The Interloken Trail runs 12 miles north-south through the core of the forest and can be accessed from multiple points along Route 414. The Gorge Trail follows a tributary creek through a smaller shale gorge. The Blueberry Patch Trailhead at the south end has nine first-come campsites and an adjacent U-pick blueberry patch that operates in late summer. Trails are open year-round, there is no entrance fee, and the forest headquarters on Route 414 in Hector carries maps and current trail conditions. This is the Seneca-area outdoor stop most visitors on the wine trail never find, because it sits between two shore roads on a ridge that requires turning off Route 414 and actually going up the hill.
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Aurora Brewing Co
Food Drink
A Cayuga Lake brewery and restaurant in King Ferry with a deck overlooking the water, hay fields, and vineyards, plus outposts in Rochester and Syracuse.
Buttonwood Grove Winery
Food Drink
Estate lakeside tasting room with cabins on the property
Cayuga Ridge Estate Winery
Food Drink
A founding member, a gothic barn, and The Copper Oven pizza
Hosmer Winery
Food Drink
70-acre sustainable estate on the western shore
Lucas Vineyards
Wine
Lucas Vineyards is a winery located in Interlaken, Seneca County, featured on the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail.
Sheldrake Point Winery
Food Drink
Gold Coast limestone soils, dock parking available
Thirsty Owl Wine Company
Food Drink
Walk-in and boat-accessible, with an on-site bistro
Seneca Shore Wine Cellars
Food Drink
The winery that sold its grapes to other Finger Lakes producers for 19 years before deciding to bottle the Gold Medal Riesling itself.
Anthony Road Wine Company
Food Drink
The Martini family's Penn Yan operation since 1989, where the Riesling and Gewurztraminer program is serious enough that reservations are strongly encouraged and group size caps at six.
Miles Wine Cellars
Food Drink
A west-shore winery on a quiet road above Himrod that earns the detour most Route 14 visitors never take.
Glenora Wine Cellars
Food Drink
Glenora Wine Cellars offers a picturesque venue for weddings with vineyard views, luxurious accommodations, and exceptional service.
Fulkerson Winery
Food Drink
A west shore Seneca Lake farm with roots going back to 1805, where seventh-generation winemaker Sayre Fulkerson also supplies grape juice to home winemakers across the country.
Toast Winery
Food Drink
A dry-vinifera operation on the east shore where the winemaking steps aside and the Seneca Lake AVA does the work.
Lakewood Vineyards
Food Drink
Three generations of Stamps have been farming the west side of Seneca Lake since 1952, opening the winery in 1989 and growing it to 80 acres without leaving the family.