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Page 8: Other

October and November 2011

Last page of this trip report. Getting back to waterfalls, a bit further away from where we stayed is another New York State Park, Letchworth. The scope here is fairly grand, with a deep canyon and three large waterfalls: lower, middle, and upper. The park has one main long road, with trails through the woods and some other roads, plus camping. Unfortunately it also has hunting when we were there, so we didn't venture into the woods.

You can see the deep canyon that the river has cut.

Deep autumn gorge at Letchworth with steep cliffs, the river below, and a distant waterfall farther up the canyon

There were some nice park areas.

Wooded park area at Letchworth with a bench beside a low stone wall under tall trees

The lower falls were expansive.

Broad view of the Lower Falls at Letchworth pouring over the cliff into the gorge

Man in an orange sweatshirt photographing from the brink of a large waterfall at Letchworth

Here are the middle and upper falls. You can see the mist they create, and a train track that passes over the gorge.

Long view down the Letchworth gorge showing a large waterfall in the foreground, another waterfall in the distance, and the railroad bridge spanning the canyon

A businessman the 1800s, William Letchworth, bought some of the land and built his house there. He bequeathed the land to the state, and this formed the start of this park. His former house is now a seasonal inn. This would have been the view from his yard.

Wide view of the broad waterfall at Letchworth with the park road and stone parapet in the foreground

The park mimics Lewiston-Auburn with a Balloon Festival!

Balloon launch site sign mounted on a pole in a grassy park area

In addition to the state parks, there are many other waterfalls in this area. The town of Montour Falls is just south of Watkins Glen. The main street there leads directly to a waterfall, She-Qua-Ga. They have a nice little park in front of the fall.

She-Qua-Ga Falls at Montour Falls seen at the end of a town street with a white building in the foreground

Closer view of She-Qua-Ga Falls cascading beneath a bridge with a red shrub and bench in the foreground

And at the border of the town is another lovely fall, Aunt Sarah's Falls. This is one of the prettiest water falls you will ever see, just sitting there at the edge of the road - easy to miss if you blink at the wrong time. We were lucky to view it with a strong water flow, and it was very impressive.

Aunt Sarah's Falls dropping in a narrow white ribbon over layered rock into a deep pool

Another great by the side of the road falls is Hector Falls.

Hector Falls flowing in broad tiers beside the road in soft late light

At the north end of Keuka Lake is a water outlet that leads over to Seneca Lake. A 7 mile trail has been built along this route, and there are a few falls along it. We did not have the time to do any hiking on the trail, but did drive to the remnants of a mill and see the fall there.

A wide frothy tiered waterfall

Thank you for viewing our trip report. We will close with a couple sunset photographs.

Close view of dramatic sunset clouds glowing orange and gold

Wide sunset view over the lake with a dark shoreline and glowing orange clouds overhead

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