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Raccoon Rally
![Mountain Bike, Photo Credit- SeanCarr Photography](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/events/2024/Catt%20Co%20Mountain%20Bike-2.jpg?itok=6TBHYfFg)
Salamanca Area Historical Society honors Ray Evans 2013
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Perhaps a little known fact is that Ray Evans, co-lyricist of the Christmas Classic was a native of Salamanca, NY. Salamanca knows it however, and honors him each year with the Silver Bells Festival. Now there's one more way he is forever remembered in the town in which he was born and raised i
Taylor Shines: The Laser Spectacular
John Denver Tribute at Seneca Allegany Casino
Holiday Valley's Spring Pond Skimming 2024
![Pond Skimming at Holiday Valley Resort](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/events/2023/Pond%20Skimming.jpg?itok=J7rSZWyv)
Fireworks in Cattaraugus County 2023
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Are you ready to watch fireworks light up the sky? There are many locations in Cattaraugus County offering a display!
June 29th, 2023
Fireworks at the Ellicottville Championship Rodeo. After the 7:00pm show, Rodeo tickets are needed.
Welcome
We are naturally yours to enjoy on the other side of New York State. We are the Enchanted Mountains of Western New York State where beautiful scenery displays forested, rolling hills and clean, sparkling lakes.
Location
Located in Western New York's scenic uplands, Cattaraugus County is a panorama of thriving communities, rolling farmlands, forests and picturesque waterways. Its wooded hilltops overlook valleys sculptured by glaciers of the Ice Age.
Dueling Pianos at EBC at Little Valley
Holiday Valley ranks an astonishing #3 in SKI Magazine 2015
Holiday Valley 3rd in the East 2015
SKI Magazine Reader Rankings
Guide for Steelhead Fishing in Cattaraugus Creek
Cattaraugus Creek offers over 34 miles of steelhead angling opportunities from Lake Erie to the Springville Dam. A portion of the stream and its lower tributaries are on Seneca Nation of Indian Lands, so if you plan to fish there, you will need a license for the Reservation.
Fireworks in Cattaraugus County 2022
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Are you ready to watch fireworks light up the sky? There are many locations in Cattaraugus County offering a display!
June 30th, 2022 Fireworks
Fireworks at the Ellicottville Championship Rodeo. After the 7:00pm show, Rodeo tickets are needed.
Explore Art and Nature
![Mom and kids at the Mushrooms and Bathesphere at the lower main area of Griffis Sculpture Park](/sites/default/files/promo/2023-09/16x9/2023-griffis-sculpture-park-main-summer-16x9.jpg)
Hike and play around art at one of the largest sculpture parks!
HillTap Festival @ Holiday Valley
![Band on a lift to the HillTap Festival](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/events/2024/bandlift.jpeg?itok=JyKGyDsq)
Float the Allegheny
![Friends floating the Allegheny River in Olean area](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/events/2024/20210821_131234.jpg?itok=aQUQuxq5)
Olean
Olean is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York. The name is derived from the Latin word "oleum" due to the discovery of crude oil in nearby Ischua.
So Much Diversity this Weekend
Two Locations in Cattaraugus County named in Top 10 Hidden Hidden Gems of WNY 2011
![Griffis and Rock City](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-04/201106-wny-aaa-gems_0.jpg?itok=_C-_4Yx9)
In 2011, an article written by Christine A. Smyczynski for the Member Connection, the magazine for AAA Members, two of the treasures of the Enchanted Mountains of Cattaraugus County have been named in the top 10 Hidden Gems in Western New York by AAA.
An Adventure on the Ellicottville Bike Trails
![On MTB looking up HV trail](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-04/mtb_looking_up_trail_at_hv-2010.jpg?itok=-WTffsdQ)
The blog was created after the adventure in 2010.
Paddling Events for Spring and Early Summer 2024
![A photo of some kayakers on the Tunungwant Creek during the 2021 Tame the Tuna Regatta](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/20210814_152648.jpg?itok=BCcwhUAk)