Abandon Brewing Company
A farm brewery in a restored 1800s barn with Keuka views, a kitchen, live music, and event space.
The Finger Lakes · observed firsthand
The Finger Lakes,closely observed.
Explore lake towns, wineries, waterfalls, events, and quiet shoreline stops—starting with Keuka Lake.
Start with Keuka
3 useful places to begin.
Explore the Keuka map →Agricolāe & Ravines Tasting Room
Ravines' Keuka tasting room pairs dry, site-focused wines with a broad lake view and a small food menu.
Basin Park Marina
A Branchport marina focused on Keuka boat rentals, slips, dockage, boat sales, and lake access near the northwest branch.
Regional orientation
Eleven lakes. One connected landscape.
The markers use each lake’s approximate geographic center, from west to east. Choose one to open its profile.
From the photo archive
A change in light changes the lake.
A small field edit from different shores, seasons, and hours of the day.
A place with a past
Stories behind the landscape.
Explore the history room →Source-backed history
A Main Street Vista and a First Boat Ride
A traveler's 1816 view down Canandaigua's Main Street and a schoolgirl's 1854 steamer outing reveal the lake at two very different scales: village landscape and personal discovery.
Read the story and sources →Source-backed history
How Watkins Glen Became a Packaged Trip
Two nineteenth-century guidebooks show how paths, printed instructions, railroads, steamers, lodging, souvenirs, and side trips turned a gorge into a complete visitor itinerary.
Read the story and sources →Source-backed history
How Harriet Tubman Built Care into the Landscape of Auburn
A seven-acre farm, an audacious mortgaged purchase, and an A.M.E. Zion partnership turned Tubman's Auburn home ground into a lasting Black care institution.
Read the story and sources →The Field Note
One useful dispatch from the lakes.
Conditions, one guide, an event worth the drive, and a photograph. Weekly in season. No filler.