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Free or Inexpensive Things to do in Cooperstown
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- Winter and Summer activities at Glimmerglass State Park. Beach, picnic and hiking during summer months. Tubing, cross country skiing and ice skating on weekends and holidays in Winter months, $7.00 per car.
- Relax by Lake Otsego, the source of the Susquehanna River. (Free)
- Enjoy a picnic lunch in Lake Front Park at the foot of Pioneer
Street. (Free)
- Take out lunches, snacks and dinner, available at most local
restaurants.
- Watch a baseball ball game at historic Doubleday Field.
Games are scheduled all day long.(Free)
- Try out your hitting and pitching skills at Doubleday Batting
Range, located in the Doubleday Field Parking Lot. Many video games as well.
- Ride the trolley ($3.00 adults, $2.00 kids under 12. Fare is
honored all day)
- Visit the local Art Galleries, the Smithy-Pioneer Gallery, Pioneer
Street, and the 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 and fall. (Free)
- Attend the Wednesday night Cooperstown Community Band concerts
at the Otesaga Hotel, 8:30pm - 9:30pm during July and August.
(Free)
- Attend the Tuesday night Lake Front Concert Series concerts in Lake Front Park, 7 p.m. during July and August. (Free)
- Tour Goodyear Swamp Sanctuary (behind the Opera House on Rte
80). (Free)
- Visit the breweries - Brewery Ommegang on River Road, Co Rte
33 (Free), and Cooperstown Brewing Company ($2
admission), East Main Street, Milford
- Visit Bear Pond Wines, Route 28 South. (Free)
- Tour the Cooperstown Bat Company on St Hwy 28 North in Fly Creek
at 10:30am & 3:00pm Monday - Friday in June, July & August.
Retail store open from 9am-5pm. (Free)
- Take the self-guided Walking Tour of Cooperstown and see area
landmarks and historic homes. Maps available at Information Kiosk
and Chamber Office. Maps are .50 each.
- Go Swimming at Three Mile Point (St Hwy 80-W Lake Road) - $5.00
per person; Fairy Springs (Rte 31, E Lake Road) - $5.00 per person;
Glimmerglass State Park (Rte 31, E Lake Road) - $6.00 per car.
- Rent a fishing pole for $10.00, and a kayak or canoe for $20.00
at Sam Smiths Boatyard, 607-547-2543.
- Visit the Fly Creek Cider Mill, Rte 28 North to the flashing light
in Fly Creek; Turn right and follow the signs. Open May - December 9:00am
- 6:00pm 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 $10.00, Children under 18 $5.00 and $5.00 Fitness Center charge.
- 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.
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