hiking

It doesn't have to be Christmastime to take a trip to a winter wonderland!

Two New York goats are living their best lives, as both important community members at a therapeutic boarding school and as seasoned Adirondack hikers.

When you've done all the regular Halloween stuff and you're ready to really do something different - how about a haunted llama hike?

If you're up for it, a New York hike will lead you past two plane crash sites and reportedly, an old Mohawk Indian camp - and all of it just about 2 hours from Utica.

Imagine a spot so chilly, that even in the heat of summer...there's snow. You can see for yourself, just 2 hours from Utica.

Forest Rangers, emergency response organizations, and search and rescue groups are asked to put their own lives in danger at all times of the day and night.

A few hours from Utica is a place where you can hike past 12 scenic waterfalls and swim beneath one in a stream fed pool.

The abandoned railroad trail is located in Ulster County, which would be another great day trip from Utica-Rome.

Located near New Russia, about two and a half hours away, Split Rock Falls is part of the Bouquet River that flows from the Adirondacks into Lake Champlain.

Letchworth State Park, considered the 'Grand Canyon of the East' announced the opening of a $2 million recreation area and a restored boathouse for whitewater rafting, just over 2 hours from Utica.

It may not be exactly what you think of when you hear Mount Rushmore, but New York has a similar man-made wonder that's hidden away in the Catskills.

Those numbers don't include enforcing hunting and fishing regulations, fighting wildfires, or holding educational sessions with students.