Happy Monday! Boy oh boy, if you want to visit waterfalls, the Finger Lakes Region of New York is where to go! We hiked to different waterfalls nearly every day last week! I’ve added 12 NEW waterfalls to my 100 Waterfalls Bucket List! Only 20 to go until 100!
To be clear, I’m not counting some we attempted to see. Some were duds – hardly any water at all (it is August, after all. Namely Aunt Sarah’s Falls, Hector Falls, and Shequaga Falls were the duds :o). But most were fantastic! Here are a few photos.
The top photo is Rainbow Falls at Watkins Glen State Park in New York. The best part of that hike is that you can see many little falls on your hike (something like 19 in a span of 2 miles), like these little ones:
Ithaca Falls near Cornell University was a good one:
A favorite is the Middle Falls at Letchwork State Park in New York:
Although the Upper Falls at Letchworth were great too!
The hike up Stony Brook Creek in Stony Brook State Park was a nice (and a good workout!). It is a well-maintained trail with rock or wooden steps placed at the steep areas. I Googled how many steps there were. Here’s what my friend Google told me: “Stony Brook State Park has approximately 800 stairs, though a specific count is difficult as trails are a mix of stone, wooden, and dirt steps. The trails, particularly the Gorge Trail and West Rim Trail, are known for their many steps, with the West Rim Trail’s section sometimes called the “thousand steps”. We hiked up the gorge trail and came back on the West Rim trail. Here’s a photo from one of the Stony Brook trail waterfalls:
I hope you have a great week and get to do or learn something NEW!
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Those waterfalls are gorgeous! You sure found some lovely ones, especially at the end of a hike.
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Wow! What an amazing group of waterfalls! I am disappointed not to have learned about these falls when my grandmother lived in the Finger Lakes area. These are all gorgeous, though I think I like the one at the top the best. I’d be happy to visit any of them. Thank you for telling me more about this part of New York. ❤
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Right….the Finger Lakes region is quite amazing. Maybe you’ll get a chance to visit again. I read there’s like 150 falls in the area! We didn’t even scratch the surface. Hope you’re having a great week, Crystal!
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I did my annual Portland to Coast relay race over the weekend, so I’m just laying low and resting now. 🙂 In fact, I should write a post about it!
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Wow! The Finger Lake region is full of them! There is a gorgeous one in Trumansburg, NY. Great pictures my friend! I think you are enjoying retirement!
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Hi Nancy. Yes, so far, retirement is GREAT! Are the falls near Trumansburg called Taughannock Falls? If so, we hiked to that one too. :o) Have a terrific week!
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Yes! Those were the falls!!
Way to go!
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Great photos and recap, Lenore. This hike sounds like quite a workout!
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Yes, a workout, for sure! I don’t mind a good hike if the waterfall at the end is great. We did a hard one a few weeks ago, but the trickle of water was a disappointment. Have a great week, Terry!
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