Cold Brook, NY

Cold Brook is a tiny Herkimer County hamlet of 164 people in central New York's Mohawk Valley. Reach it via Route 28 from Herkimer (15 miles east) or westbound toward the Adirondacks, with Route 365 providing north-south connections. The community sits in the foothills where farmland meets wilderness, experiencing cooler temperatures than the valley floor. It's named for the genuinely cold stream that flows through town year-round.