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Cayuga Lake State Park offers a beach, two playgrounds, playing fields, picnic tables and pavilions, recreation programs, a nature trail, showers, fishing, a boat launch, a dump station, cabins with view of the lake, a vacation rental, campground for tents and trailers, sledding, cross-country skiing and ice fishing.
Cayuga Lake (/ k ə ˈ juː ɡ ə /, / k eɪ ˈ juː ɡ ə / or / k aɪ ˈ juː ɡ ə /) is the longest of central New York's glacial Finger Lakes, and is the second largest in surface area (marginally smaller than Seneca Lake) and second largest in volume. It is just under 39 miles (63 km) long.
It is the last of a series of waterfalls along the hanging valley formed where Fall Creek intersects the glacial trough of Cayuga Lake. The falls are in an amphitheater formed by freezing and thawing of the weak shale which makes up most of the gorge walls. The splash pool, and the creek just below the falls, are a popular spot for fly fishing.
At the same time, a trolley line leading to Cayuga Lake was constructed by the Cayuga Lake Electric Railway Company, later absorbed by Ithaca Street Railway, who also set about developing an amusement park near the lake. The group of properties became known as Renwick Park and opened to the public in 1894. [5]
Last year, Cayuga Lake had more harmful algal blooms than any other New York State body of water. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
The park is located at the south end of Cayuga Lake, one of the 11 Finger Lakes of New York. The park's namesake, Allan Hosie Treman (1899-1975) was a Cornell University law professor, Ithaca city counsel, and member of the Finger Lakes Park Commission. [4] He is the son of Robert H. Treman, who also has a state park named in his honor.
The district plays a part in eradicating the invasive water weed − hydrilla − in the Cayuga Lake Watershed, working alongside Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and other ...
The following is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings located in Cayuga County, New York: This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Cayuga County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing ...