Corning NY Mid-Week Getaway: Day 2 – Cascadilla Gorge
We spent three nights the week of October 17th in Corning, NY. I wrote about our first day here.
On October 20th we visited a covered bridge in Newfield, NY and then drove to Ithaca, NY.
Our first stop in Ithaca was at Buttermilk Falls State Park.
After viewing Buttermilk Falls, we walked back to our car and left for the Cascadilla Gorge Natural Area. The approximate 3-mile drive from Buttermilk Falls to Cascadilla Gorge took about 10 minutes. This was our first visit to Cascadilla Gorge.
We started our hike of the Cascadilla Gorge Trail at Treman Triangle Park. There is parking along several streets surrounding the park, including a pull-off directly across the street along Linn Street. We were fortunate to obtain free parking across from Treman Triangle Park, as that area can accommodate only a handful of cars. The gorge trail starts at the back of Treman Triangle Park.
According to a placard at the gorge entrance, the Cascadilla Gorge Trail is a hike of approximately 1/3 mile. The trail ascends approximately 400 feet passing by six waterfalls (or eight waterfalls from another source). The gorge trail was easy walking at its beginning. Once in the heart of the gorge, however, the climb became moderately difficult for me because I am out of shape and have an arthritic knee. It was well worth the climb, though, as the gorge is beautiful! We didn’t count the waterfalls, and I don’t know if I photographed each waterfall, so I can’t verify how many waterfalls we saw. I can attest to the fact that there were many waterfalls (small and large) and running water, where waterfalls were not present.
This video shows the first waterfall that we saw during our hike. It is the waterfall seen in the previous two photographs.
The man at the top of this waterfall is looking for a missing AirPod (or a similar ear device).
This man is one of the many volunteers who maintain the gorge trail to keep it looking its best.
Approaching Waterfall #4
Isn’t the long exposure image of this waterfall beautiful?
before we began our climb out of the gorge
We ended our hike at College Street. We decided not to return to our car via the gorge. Instead we walked downhill (a steep walk downhill!) on the sidewalks along the roads to our car.
From Cascadilla Gorge we drove to the Taughannock Falls Overlook, the subject of my next blog post.
The Beauty Around Us 
4 Responses to “Corning NY Mid-Week Getaway: Day 2 – Cascadilla Gorge”
Hello
Beautiful collection of waterfalls and gorge photos. I am not sure of we have visited Cascadilla, but the name Treman sounds familiar. Happy weekend to you!
Treman is a very small park. When we exited the gorge onto College Street, the college was Cornell University.
What a beautiful place to visit! You got great pictures of the waterfalls.
This looks beautiful! And I agree with you – the long exposures of the waterfalls just look beautiful! It really enhances the white water. Lovely photos! I look forward to your next post!