The Finger Lakes wine region also produces serious beer. A 3-day, self-guided brewery tour from Ithaca to Seneca Lake to Keuka Lake covers 15 breweries, a working hop farm, and styles from farmhouse ales to barrel-aged stouts. Here is the route.

Cider donut season in the Finger Lakes runs from late August through November, peaking in October when the orchards press fresh cider and fry donuts by the hundreds. Here is where to find the ones worth driving for.

Penn Yan sits at the north end of Keuka Lake’s east branch, a village of about 5,000 people known for buckwheat flour, a Mennonite craft market, and quiet access to one of the Finger Lakes’ most scenic shorelines. Here is what to do when you get there.