Anyone ever been to Cooperstown, NY?

Going to try and go next year before the Syracuse game.


Of all the people to go see you plan a trip to see......Craig Biggio.

To each his own though.

Only close options to fly into are Boston, laGuardia, Newark or Burlington (VT)or Manchester NH. If you call that close. About 4-5 hours from Boston to Cooperstown, probably 25% of that just getting out of Boston....

Cooperstown is in the middle of nowhere in farm country. More Holsteins than people in some towns. But so awesome in the summer. Not much else to do other than sight-seeing

The hall itself is awesome, lots of displays, kind of mind-blowing seeing all the old/famous stuff.
It will be packed obviously, so expect to walk around cooperstown, not drive. I went in May and it was crowded.....
Its definitely a must do for any sports fan and especially if you are fan of a particular player. I missed Nolan Ryans induction and could have gone -still kicking myself

Fly into Albany and make that your home base. Do a day trip to Cooperstown (about 1.5 hours away). One day is all you need there. Do a day or two in Manhattan (2 hour drive, or 2:20 minutes by amtrak--takes you into penn station). If you go in late July you can go up to Saratoga for opening day. You could also hit Boston which is 2.5 hours away from Albany. We lived in Albany for a while and it was nice that it was almost equidistant to NYC and Boston.

I've been once- January 2009.

It was amazing- a dream come true.

Flew SW from NOLA to Albany and drove a rental car the rest of the way. There was snow everywhere and it was beautiful. Lake Otsego was frozen and there was of snow piled up everywhere. Saw a lot of deer running around at night. There was almost nobody at the hall- it was perfect- we did 2 days at the hall- one whole day and one half day. Stayed at the Holiday Inn- its almost like a resort- huge dining area with an enormous picture window looking out in to the snowy landscape. We also went to the Ommegang Brewery on the way back to Albany for a tour and tasting.

Albany, unless you want to pay to fly to Binghamton. Syracuse is an option too. All are over 70 miles away.


I see you meant options for things to do, not where to fly. Watkins Glen area has wine tasting and is pretty with the Finger Lakes. The Albany area is shitty and there is nothing in Mass west of Boston unless you want to hike the AT.

ETA: Check that, from Boston, you could stop in Springfield, MA for the Basketball HOF. Hit 2 of the big 3 HOFs at once.

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m not spending 3-4 days in cooperstown. ceremony is sunday. going to go Saturday afternoon and tour the city

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The city is really just one long street. At one end is the Hall and the Post Office. Along the way are memorabilia stores. There are a couple of bars on the side streets and the Foo Kin chinese restaurant.

The only other thing in the city is spending time on the lake, playing golf, getting authographs or watching the legends softball game. IF you can get a tee time for the course, you can probably run into players. In fact, you can find autograph hounds along the outskirts of the course.

Unless you are chasing autos and pictures, you can tour the city and go to induction on the same day. In fact, don't even wait for the bus to the induction site, just walk the 1.5 miles.

I was there this past fall. Cool place middle of nowhere