| SUMMER IS PACKING ITS BAGS | FALL ADVENTURES ARE STANDING BY. | | |
Prime birding is settling in over the valley, the hillsides are inching toward their most colorful weeks, and the orchards are stacking crates high with fresh apples. Add a run of fall fun filling up towns across the county, and there is suddenly a lot competing for your weekends.
The hard part is deciding where to start.
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THE BIRDS ARE MOVING. SO SHOULD YOU.
| Millions of birds pass through Schoharie County every fall, and the valley sits right in the path of that movement. Warblers, raptors, thrushes, and waterfowl, all moving through a landscape at its most spectacular at exactly the same time. Peak foliage, fresh cider, and one of the best birding windows in upstate New York lines up right now. Here's where to look first. | | | |
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| Apple picking, pumpkin patches, harvest festivals, farm stands stocked with squash and cider donuts, and foliage that turns the whole valley into a reason to pull over. Schoharie County does not ease into fall. It commits. Every backroad turns into a scenic route and every weekend seems to have its own festival attached to it. This is the season the county has been waiting for all year, and it shows. Here is everything worth showing up for before the season gets away from you. | | | |
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| SOME OF THE BEST STUFF HAPPENS AFTER DARK. | |
Owl prowls, bat walks, haunted history, and starry nights next to a crackling fire. Autumn evenings in Schoharie County have a character all their own. Here is how to make the most of them.
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| | | | | Out of the ordinary trees, shrubs, and perennials fill the grounds at Landis Arboretum, alongside baked goods and a bookstore stocked with reading on everything from birding to botany. The Signature Fall Plant, Book, and Bake Sale turns into an easy way to spend the whole day. |
| | | Live music, farm stands, artisan vendors, and a beer garden fill Main Street in a historic village. The 16th annual Sharon Springs Harvest Festival makes Sharon Springs into the place to be this fall. |
| | | Herding, Fast Cat, dock diving, barn hunt, and every kind of dog competition fill the Cobleskill Fairgrounds. The New York State Canine Expo is a full weekend built for anyone who thinks dogs are the best part of any event. |
| | | Live music, a local witch history talk, dance performances, food trucks, and 30+ craft vendors take over the Old Stone Fort for the Annual Fall Festival. It is history, harvest season, and a whole lot of fun all rolled into one day. | | |
Nothing makes a fall getaway quite like cozy cabins, views that stop you in your tracks, and festivals filling up small towns all season.
This is the season Schoharie County has been saving up for, and the Upstate Vacations Inspiration Guide is where the planning starts. No itineraries, no checklists, just the real county, told by the farmers, trail walkers, and small business owners who know it best. Somewhere between the ridge lines and the cider donuts, the perfect fall weekend is already waiting to be planned.
Request your copy, your perfect fall weekend is closer than you think.
-The Upstate Vacations Team
| | | Photo Credits: @traveling_trisarahtops54, Bill Combs Jr., @bisonislandranch, @theoldstonefort, Caleb Jacobus Photography | | | | |
