Best towns to visit
Lake Ontario (Lake America) Best Towns to Visit
All twelve profiled towns are real, currently active places along the New York shore. This roundup is a trip-planning starting point, ordered west to east like the towns hub.
The picks
Youngstown
The westernmost profiled town, near the mouth of the Niagara River.
Town page → Stop 2Olcott
Home to Olcott Harbor, the deepest harbor on the lake.
Town page → Stop 3Wilson
Sits on Wilson Harbor, next to Wilson-Tuscarora State Park.
Town page → Stop 4Hamlin
Anchored by Hamlin Beach State Park.
Town page → Stop 5Rochester, Charlotte
The only profiled town inside a major city, at the Genesee River mouth.
Town page → Stop 6Sodus Point
A village beach at the mouth of Sodus Bay.
Town page → Stop 7Fair Haven
Three separate monitored beach sites in one state park.
Town page → Stop 8Oswego
A working harbor city at the mouth of the Oswego River.
Town page → Stop 9Pulaski
The center of Lake Ontario's fall salmon charter season, on the Salmon River.
Town page → Stop 10Sackets Harbor
A Jefferson County harbor village.
Town page → Stop 11Henderson Harbor
A charter fishing home port confirmed in this site's research.
Town page → Stop 12Cape Vincent
The easternmost profiled town, near the head of the St. Lawrence River.
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