At Hobart

At Hobart
November, 2022

Hobart, New York, is a strange little place. It's a 'middle-of-nowhere' sort of place. 

It's a hamlet in Delaware County, about a half-hour drive east from Oneonta. To get to Hobart, you take a scenic drive on two-lane blacktop roads that wind through the Catskill mountains and landscapes showcasing valleys, rolling fields, and farmhouses. And a power line maintenance depot (below). 

Hobart's Main Street, which isn't very long, has - depending on the source - anywhere from five to eight used book stores, all operating out of repurposed residential and commercial buildings (the site of Liberty Rock Books, pictured above, is a former car dealership / garage).

I went there on a rainy, stormy Saturday after Thanksgiving. I found some nice old paperbacks (below) in Liberty Rock Books. 

I didn't have sufficient time to check out the other stores on the main street, but I think I will return to Hobart in the future. 

Other than the bookstores there's not much else in Hobart, besides a little antiques place and a Mirabito gas station. If you want a restaurant meal, or overnight lodging, you'll likely have to head north up Route 10 to Stamford. So a visit to Hobart is best approached as an all-day affair dedicated solely to looking at books............