GAVIN' IRISH COUNTRY INN LOCAL ATTRACTIONS

East Durham's Local Attractions:

MJQ Irish Culture & Sports Centre - Tours of an Authentic Irish Cottage, Irish-American Heritage Museum, Map of Ireland, 911 Memorial, John E. Lawe Memorial, and location to the famous East Durham Irish Festival on Memorial Day, East Durham Market Days, Irish Arts Week, East Durham's Original Irish Feis, and many other cultural events - www.east-durham.org

Our Lady of Knock Shrine - Opened in 1989 our Shrine and location of Daily & Weekend Masses is dedicate to Our Lady of Knock, Mother of God, who appeared in Knock, County Mayo Ireland on August 21st . All the stained windows and monuments are from Donegal, Ireland. It is a beautiful shrine and a Roman Catholic place of worship.

Guaranteed Irish Gift Shop - Located on Rte 145 in East Durham. This great Irish gift shop is one of the largest Irish imports stores in the U.S. If like to shop for an Irish sweater, jewelry, china, candy, maps, coat of arms, etc this store has what you are looking for.

Zoom Flume Water Park - #1 Water Park in the Catskills and it's only 1 mile from Gavin's Irish Country Inn www.zoomflume.com

Horseback Riding - our Town offers (2) Horseback Riding locations - K&K/Ravine Farm or Tanglewood

Super Sonic Speedway - Go-karts, miniature golf, batting cages, shooting gallery, picnic area, snack bar, restaurant.

Golf Courses - we have great golf courses in our area. Go to the Golf section of our website for golf course information.

Hull-O-Farms - Just featured on the CBS Today show for their outstanding farm tours, this family owned working farm is a great place to visit, especially for families! www.hull-o.com

Lawyer's General Store- A trademark in our town as this country store has been in business for over 100 years! This store is a great place to visit for local post cards, t-shirts, gift items and even the newspaper or snacks!

A Sample of our Nearby Attractions (in Greene County & Surrounding areas)

Greene County & Nearby Towns have even more to offer the tourist from hiking, antiquing, shopping, visiting museums, sporting activities, events, and more! Go to www.greenetourism.com for an even further list of events and attractions

Cooperstown - National Baseball Hall of Fame is a 1.5 Hour drive

Howe Caverns - Only a 30 minute drive

Hunter - Home of the Catskill Mountain Foundation with many cultural activities Hunter Mountain with the famous Sky ride & Summer festival is a 40 minute drive

Windham - Home of the Windham Vineyard and Windham Mountain which features Summer Paintball and Mountain Biking is only a 20 minute drive

Berkshires with the Famous Norman Rockwell Museum - Tanglewood - National Shrine of Divine Mercy - Lee Outlets (over 100 discount stores) is a 45 minute drive

Albany, NY - New York State's Capital is only a 45 minute drive - Albany now offers Albany Aqua Duck Tours

Hudson, NY - Warren Street, famous Antique District, American Firefighting Museum, Olana House, and Chocolate Factory are only a 30 minute drive

Catskill, NY - Home of the Thomas Cole House & the Famous Catskill Point for Fishing and events

Auriesville - Visit the Auriesville Shrine

Lake George - Famous for the lake and many boat tours- 1.5 hour drive