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    Where to Stay in Hammondsport

    Hammondsport sits at the southern tip of Keuka Lake, a village of about 700 people with a 19th-century main street and a village square. Pleasant Valley Wine Company, founded in 1860 and the first winery in the country with a federal bonded winery license, is at the edge of town. The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, a 57,000-square-foot museum of aviation and motorcycle history, honors Glenn Curtiss, who grew up here, received the first pilot's license issued in the United States and set a motorcycle land speed record in 1907. Wine bars and small restaurants surround the square, and the lake is a short walk from the village center. The Black Sheep Inn, an 1859 octagon house, and Keuka Lakeside Inn, with 17 rooms on the water, are the main places to stay.

    The Black Sheep Inn

    Hammondsport · B&B

    Six rooms in the T.M. Younglove Octagon House, an 1859 Italianate stucco-and-stone building on the National Register of Historic Places and a well-preserved example of the mid-19th-century octagon-house movement. It sits on 3 acres in Hammondsport with an on-site spa. Full English and Irish breakfast is included, with vegan and gluten-free options. Keuka Lake wineries are a short drive.

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    Keuka Lakeside Inn

    Hammondsport · Inn

    A 17-room inn on Keuka Lake in the village of Hammondsport, with more than 230 feet of lake frontage, a private boat launch and boat slips for rent. There is a fire pit at the water's edge and a gazebo, and the inn is open from early April to late October. The village square and tasting rooms are a short walk, and the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum is about a mile south.

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    Why Stay in Hammondsport

    • •The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum fills 57,000 square feet with early aircraft, motorcycles and Curtiss history.
    • •Pleasant Valley Wine Company's 1860 stone cellars are open for tours, and the winery still makes sparkling wine.
    • •A smaller, quieter alternative to Watkins Glen, with the lake and the village a short walk apart and the wine trail nearby.

    What Makes This Area Interesting

    • •Glenn H. Curtiss Museum: half a mile south on Route 54; aviation history, early motorcycles and regional artifacts.
    • •Pleasant Valley Wine Company: at the edge of town; founded in 1860; tastings and cellar tours.
    • •Keuka Lake village beach: public beach at the foot of the village; swimming and kayak rentals in summer.
    • •Keuka Lake Wine Trail: the full trail covers both shores; most of the wineries are within 15–20 minutes of Hammondsport.

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    Frequently Asked

    Summer for the lake and the fall harvest, in September and October, for the wine trail. The Curtiss Museum and Pleasant Valley Wine Company are open year-round, with shorter winter hours, and the village is busiest in warm weather.

    About 5 hours from the George Washington Bridge via I-87 North to I-90 West and Route 14 south or Route 54 west. From Rochester, about 1.5 hours via Routes 5&20 and Route 54.

    Both are Keuka Lake towns. Hammondsport is at the southern tip, with the Curtiss Museum and Pleasant Valley Wine Company, and Penn Yan is at the north end of the lake's eastern arm, with a larger commercial strip and more services.
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