• The Erie County Fair has been around since 1820.ferris wheel image by pearlguy from Fotolia.com
  
  The small town of Hamburg is situated in northwestern New York, on the southeastern banks of Lake Erie, just a few miles south of Buffalo. It is about 35 miles south of Niagara Falls. While the town is not the major tourist attraction its neighbors are, it does offer some things to do.
  
  

Penn Dixie Paleontological and Outdoor Education Center

• The Penn Dixie Paleontological and Outdoor Education Center is owned and operated by the Hamburg Natural History Society, Inc. The center offers summer day camps for children, as well as a variety of programs throughout the year, like the Nature Cruise and Buffalo Lighthouse Tour and evening astronomy programs. The center is also available for birthday parties and sponsors events for the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Visitors also have the opportunity to explore paleontology through the center's fossil and archaeology programs, and ornithology through bird-watching on-site.
  
  Hamburg Natural History Society, Inc.
  
  P.O. Box 772
  
  Hamburg, NY 14075
  
  716-627-4560
  
  penndixie.org
  
  

Visit the Boies-Lord House Museum

• The Boies-Lord House Museum has been restored and is operated by the Hamburg Antiques Study Group. The group meets monthly to hear a speaker discuss antiques, and to enjoy refreshments together. The group maintains the museum, sponsors an antiques show in the fall and a flea market in the summer. The home is furnished in the style of a middle-class Greek revival home in the mid-19th century. It was originally home to Horace Boies, a lawyer who became governor of Iowa, and Dr. Alvah Lord, whose medical office was located in the home's dining room.
  
  Boies-Lord House Museum
  
  5853 South Park Ave.
  
  Hamburg, NY 14075
  
  716-649-9232
  
  buffaloah.com
  
  

Lake Erie Seaway Trail

• The Lake Erie Seaway Trail's property includes the historic former Wanakah Water Company building, a 4,000-square-foot brick structure that is now home to the Visitor's Center. The trail itself, which runs along the southern edge of Lake Erie, is great for bird watching. For the more adventurous, the Seaway Trail also offers scuba diving for divers of all experience levels, boasting hundreds of shipwrecks spanning two and a half centuries, uncrowded waters and visibility up to 40 feet at a depth of 110 feet. In fact, the Seaway Trail provides access to New York's first "underwater cultural site," located in Lake Ontario.
  
  Lake Erie Seaway Trail
  
  4968 Lake Shore Rd.
  
  Hamburg, NY 14075
  
  716-627-2067
  
  lakeerieseawaytrail.com
  
  

Erie County Fair

• The annual Erie County Fair is produced by the Erie County Agricultural Society, the oldest civic organization in western New York. The first fair was held in 1820; now, it takes place on 275 acres with 86 permanent buildings. The fair features fun events for the whole family, such as a Demolition Derby, live music, a wine garden featuring local vineyards, a 5K race, contests and more.
  
  Erie County Fair
  
  5600 McKinley Parkway
  
  Hamburg, NY 14075
  
  716-649-3900
  
  ecfair.org