Downtown Visitor Center

Looking for a room tonight? Or directions on how to walk a gorge trail from downtown to Cornell’s campus? We can help. The Downtown Visitor Center located on the main floor of the Tompkins Center for History and Culture can help with all of these requests and more. Open year round, seven days a week. Our team is ready to answer your downtown restaurant, lodging and event questions. FREE maps are available. Also take in the Ithaca is Gorges retail offerings and visitor information about all twelve Tompkins Center for History and Culture partner organizations.

Hours: The Downtown Visitor Center has re-opened with limited days and hours. We are open Thursday through Saturday from 10am - 5pm. We continue to be available via phone, email and Olark chat on our website six days a week between the hours of 10am -5pm. Our East Shore Drive Visitor Center is closed at this time. Overlook at Taughannock Visitor Center will re-open for the season, weather dependent, on April 28th seven days a week from 10am - 5pm.