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Havana Glen, Eagle Cliff Falls

This is a town park that has camping and RV parking, and a waterfall hike.  It doesn’t look like much when you drive in, but it gets nicer as you go through. There are signs for the park, and it is near the town clerks office and the highway department. The signs prohibit swimming but […]

Champlin Beach Park, Hammondsport

This is a town park in Hammondsport, right next to the fire department.  There is a plane sculpture in the water honoring Glenn Hammond Curtiss, who was an aviator born in Hammondsport. There is a medium sized swim area with a grass beach, and there are kayak rentals available from keukawatersports.com next to the nearby […]

Cayuga Lake State Park

This is an unusual park in that it is divided by a main road, so the swimming beach is where we have our pin, but there are multiple access points to this park. There is a day use fee at the parking area near the beach. The park has a small swim area and medium […]

Myers Point Park, Lansing

This is a large town park with a small swimming area and a small sand beach.  There are two playgrounds, pretty views, and a tiny light house on little peninsula that you can walk out on. There is a small amount of camping, but do call ahead as this area is sort of a dead […]

Long Point State Park, Aurora

This park has a small swimming area with a grass beach.  There is a diving float, and pretty turquoise blue water.  There is very little public access to this lake and it is nice to be able to enjoy it.  The park is on the smaller side, and there is no camping, but it would […]

Fillmore Glen State Park

There is a waterfall trail with multiple falls, and they also have a dammed swimming area, with a fall above that feeds into the pool.  When we were here there had been a week of rain, and the swimming area was closed so they could test for run-off from the local farms.  Since this is […]

Emerson Park

This park is massive, particularly for a town park.  There is a boat canal, pavilion, multiple sports and picnic areas, playground and merry-go-round, and some kind of Play House. The beach was closed due to storms stirring up bacteria in the water, so we couldn’t really assess it, but it looks nice.  Overall this is […]

Clift Park Skaenetales

This is a fancy town park, right in the middle of downtown Skaenetales.  The park is directly across from The Sherwood Inn, and there is metered street parking alongside. The swimming area is small to medium sized, but the water is a stunning Caribbean blue, and remarkably clear.  There is a gazebo, and a lovely […]

Tully Lake Park

This is a suuuper tiny park, probably the smallest park we’ve seen.  It is really just a corner of the road that is fenced off. You can see the fence from the pictures, and the fenced area is surrounded by houses.  The park was closed when we stopped by, so we couldn’t get any other […]

Jamesville Beach County Park

This location has an ENORMOUS picnic area, and a large swimming section for a town park.  The water is clear blue, with a sand beach, and there are boat rentals available. There is a playground and pavilion, and everything is nicely maintained.  There is a day use fee, but when we were there it was […]