Sylvan Beach
From NY Canals: Information and Cruising Guide to New York's Erie, Oswego, Champlain, and Cayuga-Seneca Canal System
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 Oneida Lake in the evening on a fall day. From Sylvan Beach picnic area. | |
| Located on the: | Erie Canal |
| Official Website: | sylvanbeachny.com |
| NYS Crusing Guide: | Page E-42 |
| Next Town West: | Brewerton (21 miles) |
| Next Town East: | Rome (15 miles) |
| Next Lock Westbound: | Lock E23 (24 miles) |
| Next Lock Eastbound: | Lock E22 (5 miles) |
Sylvan Beach is located in Central New York on the eastern end of Oneida Lake. It is a summer tourist town, and opens it arms to the transient canaller. It has a very large canal wall that accommodates dozens of boats.
From the canal wall one can walk to many different restaurants, the beach, the grocery store, post office, and more.
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[edit] Amenities
Plenty of docking both on the northern or southern side of the canal. Stay further east on the southern wall for less traffic and avoid the waves from the lake in a stiff wind.
Restrooms available at the beach bathhouse during daytime.
Available at beach bathhouse during daytime
Laundry Facilities are available a short walk in town across from Eddies Restaurant.
Plenty available at local marinas.
Trash cans available for small quantities of garbage. 
Groceries can be found at the Dollar Genear about .75 miles north on Main St.
Numerous Marinas located nearby with facilities.
No trails, but plenty of things to see as ones walks around town. Nearby Verona Beach State Park offers longer scenic hiking and biking trails.
A small park between the canal and beach for picnicking and playing.
Sylvan Beach is only a short walk away. Verona Beach State Park is south .75 miles.
1404 Main St.,
A medium walk or a quick bike north up Main St.
[edit] Sylvan Beach Picnic Area
Sylvan Beach offers numerous activities for local people as well as tourists. This picnic area has two parts to it, one that allows pets, and one that does not. It has a paved walkway along the lake with benches to stop and enjoy the water.
[edit] Things To Do
- Picnic
- Enjoy Sunsets
- Photography
- Take a break from the beach or canal
[edit] Weekly Events
Sylvan Beach offers many different weekly events throughout the summer, which means there is always something to do in Sylvan Beach.
- Tuesdays are biker nights, 'Bikes at the Beach', where hundreds of bikers come into town. Take a walk down Main Street to see them all lined up.
- Wednesdays are music nights, where a band plays in the gazebo in the park near Eddies Restaurant. Different music played each week, bring your lawn chair!
- Thursdays are classic car nights, 'Classic Car Cruise Night @ 6pm', where hundreds of cars cruise into Sylvan Beach to be put on display at the main parking lot between the beach and canal.
[edit] Annual Events
Below is a few of the annual events held each year in Sylvan Beach, and each year is a little different.
- Vettes at The Beach Corvette Show is an annual event which hundreds of Corvette owners, up to nearly 500, bring their prized cars to the beach to show. Parked in the park at the center of town, it makes for an great day of walking in the shade of the trees. Just make sure you have enough time to see them all!
- Canal Fest is an annual event held in early August which includes entertainment throughout the weekend. Crafters, Vendors, Entertainment in the Village Bandstand, Classic Cars in the Village Park, and more!
[edit] Directions
From south (Verona Beach): Once you go over the bridge on State Route 13, take your first right and follow that all the way until you come to a stop sign, and go straight and park in the parking lot.
From North: Take State Route 13 into Sylvan Beach, and just before you go over the bridge take a right onto the side road (Bridge St). Go straight through the stop sign and go all the way to the end and find a parking spot along the road or in the parking lot.
[edit] See Also
[edit] Marinas of Sylvan Beach
- Snug Harbor, Route 13, Verona Beach, NY 13162, (315) 762-5104
- Lone Pine Marina & Campground, 600 16th Ave., PO Box 501, Sylvan Beach, NY 13157, (315) 762-5544
- Hughes Harbor, RD 4 Box 293 Route 31, Canastota, NY 13032, (315) 697-9484
- Skinner's Harbor, PO Box 504, Pioneer Ave, Sylvan Beach, NY 13157, (315) 762-0112
- Holmes Marina, PO Box 174, Verona Beach, NY 13403, (315) 762-4232
- Callahan's Marina, Route 31 RR 4 Box 298, Canastota, NY 13032, (315) 697-7470
- Oneida Lake Marina, RD 4, Box 265, Rt. 31, Canastota, NY 13032, (315) 762-4865
- Johnny's Pier 31, RD 4, Box 286, Canastota, NY 13032, (315) 697-7007
- Lakeport Marina Inc., 2025 State Route 31, Chittenango, NY 13037, (315) 633-8153
- Marion Manor, RD 4, Box 230, Canastota, NY 13032, (315) 762-4810
- Fisher Bay Marina, PO Box 537, Bridgeport, NY 13030, (315) 633-9657
- Anchorage Marina, PO Box 8, Bridgeport, NY 13030, (315) 699-2978
 The pier that protects the canal from the large waves of Oneida Lake. |
 Looking West from the terminal wall. The wall extents out to where the shore meets the lake. |
 The Crazy Clam Restaurant and Bar is less than 40 feet away! |
 Canal View Restaurant is less than 40 feet away! |
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