Chittenango Falls State Park
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Madison County, New York
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east of Cazenovia Lake
Cazenovia Lake
Cazenovia Lake is a lake in New York, United States. It is located 20 miles from Syracuse, New York. Cazenovia, New York is located southeast of the lake. The lake is roughly 4 miles long and 0.5 mile wide...
. The 167 foot waterfall cascades over roughly 400 million year old bedrock, flowing beneath a wooden bridge spanning the meandering Chittenango Creek
Chittenango Creek
Chittenango Creek is a small river in central New York, USA. Chittenango Creek flows northward through Chittenango into Oneida Lake near the community of Bridgeport and partially forms the boundary between Onondaga County and Madison County...
. The park offers a variety of activities:
The park offers picnic tables with pavilions, a playground, a nature trail, hiking, and fishing. (Although many camping guides still mistakenly list it as a campground, the park's campground was closed in the mid-2000s.)
Chittenango Falls is also home to the endemic and endangered Chittenango ovate amber snail
Chittenango ovate amber snail
The Chittenango ovate amber snail, scientific name Novisuccinea chittenangoensis, is a species of small air-breathing land snail in the family Succineidae, the amber snails. This species was discovered in 1905, and was reported three years later as a subspecies of the oval ambersnail, Succinea ovalis...
(Novisuccinea chittenangoensis).
Approximately 57,000 visitors come to the Park each year to engage in a variety of outdoor recreational activities.
Trails and Scenic Viewing
While the park is open year-round, the trail, which leads to a viewing bridge spanning the creek is closed during winter months due to icy conditions. Views of the falls are still quite picturesque from the top however, with the ability to view the falls from the side of the creek or from a small viewing rail. There is also a steep uphill trail allowing visitors to walk along the side of the lower creek to the top of the falls. Along that trail, there are several viewing spots.See also
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