Understand
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Jay (formerly "Mallory's Bush" or "Lower Jay") is a hamlet on NYS Route 9N along the East Branch of the Ausable River.
The adjacent "Upper Jay" was the site of the "Land of Makebelieve" amusement park (1954-1979), which closed after repeated flooding; some of the fairy tale houses from the park were moved to Storytown (now the Six Flags Great Escape) in Queensbury (south of Lake George).
Get in
[edit]From Wilmington (New York), take NY 86 five miles (8km) east.
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- Jay is the "Home of the Covered Bridge". An 1857 covered bridge, rebuilt and reopened as a footbridge in 2007, is below the village green near the rapids.
Do
[edit]- There is a swimming area near the bridge and the village green.
- 1 The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom. - located in Queensbury
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- The Country Bear Bakery and Diner, 5830 NYS Route 86, ☏ +1 518-946-2691. F-Tu 7PM-1AM. A cute country diner down the road in Wilmington; see that village for additional options.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- Book & Blanket Bed & Breakfast, Route 9N, ☏ +1 518 946-8323.
- Kookaburra, 58 Alder Street, ☏ +1 914-937-4399. Six-bedroom, three-bath rental chalet. Owner lives out-of-region. $3100/week, $2100/long weekend.
Connect
[edit]Go next
[edit]| Routes through Jay |
Plattsburgh via  ← Jct N  S ←
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N  S
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→ Keene → Saratoga Springs |
Jct N  S ← Wilmington ←
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W  E
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→ END |