Potsdam (New York)

Potsdam (pop 9,000) is a village in the town of Potsdam in northern New York State.

Understand
Founded in 1806 and named after the orange Potsdam sandstone found in Central St. Lawrence County.

By car
Take US 11 north from Watertown or NY 56 south from Massena.

By train
There is no Amtrak service in the region. The closest passenger rail is in Brockville (VIA) or Utica-Rome (Amtrak). The closest passenger rail to connect directly to the bus to Potsdam is in Syracuse.

By plane
There is a tiny one-runway Potsdam municipal airport which houses thirteen single-engine planes for general aviation, but the closest scheduled Essential Air Service is in Massena or Ogdensburg , each with two daily Cape Air flights from Albany. Massena and Ogdensburg are reachable from Canton-Potsdam by county-level commuter bus:

Do

 * There is a riverside state park in Colton for swimming, fishing and hiking.
 * There is a riverside state park in Colton for swimming, fishing and hiking.

Go next

 * Canton (New York) &mdash; Clarkson and SUNY Potsdam have counterparts (and rivals) in Canton: St. Lawrence University and SUNY Canton
 * Adirondack State Park
 * Cornwall-Massena
 * Prescott-Ogdensburg