Blue Heron Cottage - Local Guidebook
Food & Drinks Scene
Perfect lunch spot. Great menu, great beer and scenery. Get there early!
195 locals recommend
Brewery Ommegang
656 Co Hwy 33Perfect lunch spot. Great menu, great beer and scenery. Get there early!
Bocca Osteria
5438 NY-28Great people, consistently great food. Order the Bolognese ❤️
Incredibly beautiful lakeside hotel. Grab a drink on the back patio by the fire pit on a perfect crisp summer night. Fun fact - this hotel was a partial inspiration for The Shining.
43 locals recommend
The Otesaga Resort Hotel
60 Lake StIncredibly beautiful lakeside hotel. Grab a drink on the back patio by the fire pit on a perfect crisp summer night. Fun fact - this hotel was a partial inspiration for The Shining.
The best, and only coffee shop in town. They have strong coffee, pastries and excellent breakfast sandwiches. Grab breakfast and take a stroll down to the lake.
42 locals recommend
Stagecoach Coffee
31 Pioneer StThe best, and only coffee shop in town. They have strong coffee, pastries and excellent breakfast sandwiches. Grab breakfast and take a stroll down to the lake.
A charming little bakery at the stop light in Cooperstown. This is a great spot to grab some donuts or a black and white cookie and stroll along Main Street.
17 locals recommend
Schneider's Bakery
157 Main StA charming little bakery at the stop light in Cooperstown. This is a great spot to grab some donuts or a black and white cookie and stroll along Main Street.
If you are interested in going on a tour of the local breweries, this is a local spot with great outdoor space that is very close to the famous Ommegang Brewery.
40 locals recommend
Red Shed Brewery
709 Co Hwy 33If you are interested in going on a tour of the local breweries, this is a local spot with great outdoor space that is very close to the famous Ommegang Brewery.
Yummy cocktails, comfortable sofas, and friendly staff. In the evenings, the Cooperstown Distillery Beverage Exchange converts into an upscale cocktail lounge, featuring a “gastropub” menu highlighting locally-sourced foods when available.
14 locals recommend
Cooperstown Beverage Exchange
73 Main StYummy cocktails, comfortable sofas, and friendly staff. In the evenings, the Cooperstown Distillery Beverage Exchange converts into an upscale cocktail lounge, featuring a “gastropub” menu highlighting locally-sourced foods when available.
I highly recommend grabbing a sandwich here and walking down the lake front for a picnic. These are the best sandwiches in town!
10 locals recommend
Danny's Main Street Market
92 Main StI highly recommend grabbing a sandwich here and walking down the lake front for a picnic. These are the best sandwiches in town!
A beautifully designed restaurant that almost feels out of place in Cooperstown, yet it works. The outdoor seating area is really nice with the fire pits and this is a great spot to eat and watch sports on the big screens. This is the first thing you will see when you enter the town limits.
25 locals recommend
Upstate Bar and Grill
5418 NY-28A beautifully designed restaurant that almost feels out of place in Cooperstown, yet it works. The outdoor seating area is really nice with the fire pits and this is a great spot to eat and watch sports on the big screens. This is the first thing you will see when you enter the town limits.
This is a no-frills lunch spot on Main Street. Good place to grab a beer and burger. Tends to get packed around lunchtime.
50 locals recommend
Doubleday Field
1 Doubleday CtThis is a no-frills lunch spot on Main Street. Good place to grab a beer and burger. Tends to get packed around lunchtime.
Best spot to grab a pizza to-go to bring back to the cottage. Call and order ahead, by the time you drive to town it will be ready. Good solid pizza that a true New Yorker would give a thumbs up to.
46 locals recommend
New York Pizzeria
111 E Main StBest spot to grab a pizza to-go to bring back to the cottage. Call and order ahead, by the time you drive to town it will be ready. Good solid pizza that a true New Yorker would give a thumbs up to.
Origins Cafe
558 Beaver Meadow RdOut of the way spot thats worth a visit.
Awesome Tibetan restaurant. Highly recommended place for dinner right on Main Street.
Norbu Restaurant & Bar
Awesome Tibetan restaurant. Highly recommended place for dinner right on Main Street.
Arts & Culture
The other side of Cooperstown that makes it special.
The Farmers' Museum is located in Cooperstown, New York, and is one of the best-known attractions in the town. Just north of Cooperstown, it overlooks Otsego Lake and recreates rural life from the 19th century through exhibits and interactive workshops.
159 locals recommend
The Farmers' Museum
5775 NY-80The Farmers' Museum is located in Cooperstown, New York, and is one of the best-known attractions in the town. Just north of Cooperstown, it overlooks Otsego Lake and recreates rural life from the 19th century through exhibits and interactive workshops.
Landscape paintings, American Indian artifacts, folk art & more in a 1930s neo-Georgian mansion. Places like this is what makes Cooperstown so special outside of Baseball.
115 locals recommend
Fenimore Art Museum
5798 NY-80Landscape paintings, American Indian artifacts, folk art & more in a 1930s neo-Georgian mansion. Places like this is what makes Cooperstown so special outside of Baseball.
The Smithy
1 Otsego CtHyde Hall
267 Glimmerglass State ParkA neoclassical country mansion and a national historic landmark.
Samye Hermitage provides a space for the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism and meditation, as passed down through the Chokling Tersar lineage. We offer weekly meditation and discussion classes as well as longer term practice opportunities during our summer retreats. Situated on 25 acres in the rolling hills of upstate NY, the natural beauty of our surroundings provides a perfect backdrop for our study and practice of meditation and the Tibetan Buddhist wisdom tradition. Here, each of us practices to develop compassion, both for others and for ourselves.
Samye Hermitage New York
Samye Hermitage provides a space for the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism and meditation, as passed down through the Chokling Tersar lineage. We offer weekly meditation and discussion classes as well as longer term practice opportunities during our summer retreats. Situated on 25 acres in the rolling hills of upstate NY, the natural beauty of our surroundings provides a perfect backdrop for our study and practice of meditation and the Tibetan Buddhist wisdom tradition. Here, each of us practices to develop compassion, both for others and for ourselves.
Super Local
Must visit very close by
Off the charts local charm. Grab some cider donuts, hot cider, and feed the geese. A must visit for upstate charm.
74 locals recommend
Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard
288 Goose StOff the charts local charm. Grab some cider donuts, hot cider, and feed the geese. A must visit for upstate charm.
You are a 4-minute drive to this adorable little local winery. I highly recommend their seasonal summer Sangria.
22 locals recommend
Pail Shop Vineyards
124 Goose StYou are a 4-minute drive to this adorable little local winery. I highly recommend their seasonal summer Sangria.
The spot to pick up small items and the closest gas station. They have a deli and coffee here. Its about a 3-minute drive.
Fly Creek General Store
6212 New York 28The spot to pick up small items and the closest gas station. They have a deli and coffee here. Its about a 3-minute drive.
Outdoor Activities
Beautiful trails here, perfect for a 2 to 3 miler. Look for the tower in the woods. Morning hike here with a coffee from Stagecoach. This is about a 7 minute drive from the cottage and a perfect way to start the day.
6 locals recommend
Clark Tower Castle
1194 Co Hwy 33Beautiful trails here, perfect for a 2 to 3 miler. Look for the tower in the woods. Morning hike here with a coffee from Stagecoach. This is about a 7 minute drive from the cottage and a perfect way to start the day.
Sam Smith's Boat Rentals
6098 NY-80For boat and kayak rentals on Lake Otsego.
A 12-mile round trip journey through farm land, forests, and old bridges. This is tiring but worth it.
28 locals recommend
Rail Explorers: Cooperstown Division
136 E Main StA 12-mile round trip journey through farm land, forests, and old bridges. This is tiring but worth it.
Canoe & Kayak Rentals and Sales
2828 NY-28Leatherstocking Golf Course
60 Lake StA beautiful course on the lake.
Neighborhoods
Fly Creek is a quiet hamlet a few miles over the hill from Cooperstown, away from all the tourist traffic. You will pass farms, cornfields, and horses as you drive through.
Fly Creek
Fly Creek is a quiet hamlet a few miles over the hill from Cooperstown, away from all the tourist traffic. You will pass farms, cornfields, and horses as you drive through.
Baseball & Sports
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
25 Main StThe local icon.
Doubleday Field is a baseball stadium in Cooperstown, New York named for Abner Doubleday and located two village blocks from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The grounds have been used for baseball since 1920, on what was Elihu Phinney's farm.
50 locals recommend
Doubleday Field
1 Doubleday CtDoubleday Field is a baseball stadium in Cooperstown, New York named for Abner Doubleday and located two village blocks from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The grounds have been used for baseball since 1920, on what was Elihu Phinney's farm.
Grocery Stores & Pharmacies
1 of 2 grocery stores equidistant from the cottage. This one is in Cooperstown.
51 locals recommend
Price Chopper
105 Plaza Ln1 of 2 grocery stores equidistant from the cottage. This one is in Cooperstown.
CVS
95 Beaver St
Grand Union Supermarkets
5 Commons DriveSupermarket in Cooperstown.