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Boldt Castle

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Watkins Glen

Watkins Glen is one of the most famous parks in New York, and for good reason.  The trails follow a gorge with multiple waterfalls, and weaves in and out of small caves and falls.  It is one of the most beautiful places we visited. This trail is very wet, and you should wear shoes that […]

Upper Six Mile Creek

This is listed online as a swimming hole, but we aren’t sure of the status of this location.  There is a small park alongside the river here, and parking is roadside.  There is a pool at the bottom of the fall, that has blue water.  

Robert H. Treman State Park/Lucifer Falls

This is a stunning park, with two main attractions.  The first is the swimming area, which is at the base of a large waterfall.  The other is Lucifer falls, a 115 ft. waterfall that falls into a ravine. Our map shows where the official swimming area is, from the pin (the parking lot) it’s just […]

Taughannock Falls State Park

This park is stunning. It contains two very tall (200ft) falls, Taughannock Falls and Upper Falls, a smaller Lower Falls and a swimming beach on Cayuga Lake. The pin on the map is set to the parking area and trail head, while the GPS coordinates are to Taughannock Falls. The trail from the parking area […]

Red White and Blue Bridge

We were told about this location by locals, and we don’t know the safety of swimming here. They told us people jump off the bridge into the stream. This is at the end of a dirt road, and it is unclear if it is private or not.  There is a trail sign with a map […]

Penn Yann Town Beach

This is a little town beach next to the Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance, which is on Lake Street in Penn Yann.  There is a playground and a large lawn, and a small swimming area. http://www.fingerlakes.org/about-the-region/services/tourism-information-1/penn-yan-village-of

Peach Orchard Point

We were told about this location by locals, and it is clearly a popular swimming hole, but we don’t know the status of this land.  There is a very small grass area that people park in, but it is easy to miss, so drive slowly.  From the parking area there is a well worn trail […]