Western New York
Western New York is a phrase often used within the state of New York, but it really has no consistent definition. In Buffalo and its immediate surrounding areas, the term encompasses only the westernmost eight counties of New York.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Honeoye Lake Boat Launch State Park and C. E. K. Mees Observatory.
Honeoye Lake Boat Launch State Park
Park
Honeoye Lake Boat Launch State Park is a nine-acre state park located along the southeastern shore of Honeoye Lake, one of New York's Finger Lakes. The park is located in Ontario County off East Lake Road, and offers a boat launch in addition to facilitating lake access for fishing and ice fishing.
C. E. K. Mees Observatory
Observatory
C. E. K. Mees Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Bristol, New York, owned and operated by the University of Rochester. The observatory is named after C.
Western New York
- Type: Region with 2,350,000 residents
- Description: region in New York, United States
- Category: human-geographic territorial entity
- Location: New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Western New York” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “紐約州西部”
- Chinese: “西紐約州”
- Estonian: “Western New York”
- German: “Western New York”
- Hebrew: “מערב מדינת ניו יורק”
- Japanese: “ウェスタン・ニューヨーク”
- Japanese: “ニューヨーク州西部”
- Japanese: “西ニューヨーク”
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