Hammondsport at Keuka south
— — the lake the vineyards lean toward.
Not only on a wall.
“A small village at the south end of Keuka Lake, where the water forks into a Y and the hills lean down in rows of vines. Pleasant Valley pressed its first vintage here in 1860. The square holds a bandstand, a few benches, and a clear view to the lake at the end of Shethar Street.
Hammondsport at Keuka south, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Hammondsport sits at the southern tip of Keuka Lake, one of the eleven Finger Lakes carved by the last glaciation across upstate New York. The village belongs to Steuben County and counted 599 residents at the 2020 census. Keuka is the only Finger Lake shaped like a Y, branching north toward Penn Yan and Branchport. The shoreline rises quickly into vineyard slopes that have produced wine continuously since Pleasant Valley Wine Company opened in 1860, making it the first bonded winery in the United States.
Keuka Lake runs about twenty miles long, reaching a maximum depth of 186 feet near Bluff Point where its two arms meet. The water stays clear and cold deep into summer, fed by springs and held by the steep glacial walls on either side. The shallow southern basin in front of Hammondsport warms first, and small craft work out from the village pier through October. The Keuka Lake Outlet runs east from the village toward Penn Yan and eventually into the Seneca River system.
The village square holds a bandstand and a circle of brick storefronts a short walk from the public beach at Champlin. The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum on Lake Street keeps the original 1908 aircraft and motorcycles of the aviation pioneer who grew up here. Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery, Pleasant Valley, and Bully Hill sit on the slopes above, all within a fifteen-minute drive. The Keuka Lake Wine Trail loops both arms of the lake on Routes 54 and 76.