While camping at Spruce Row Campground -- We hike the Taughannock Gorge Trail

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by Jim Bessey

Trail length:  .75 miles
Trail rating:  Easy
Scenery rating:  10 out of 10

Jim, Nick and Layla pose on the Overlook, Falls behind them.

They say "Ithaca is Gorges!" Since we were camping just a few miles away, we had to visit one of the coolest gorges in the region: Taughannock Falls Gorge (pronounced "tuh GAN uck"). This soft gravel trail follows the water's path from the falls to Taughannock Falls State Park on Cayuga Lake. It's wide and shady with very little grade change along the way.

Nick, Jim and Layla along the creek bed. Trail behind Nick.

The trail crosses a fairly new bridge and terminates just a few dozen yards from the spectacular falls. It's fun to start at the Overlook, see the people down below, then go there yourself afterward. That's exactly what we did. We'll let the pictures tell the story.

View from the Gorge Trail, down the creek bed.

Jim and Layla under the bridge to Taughannock Falls.

Jim, Lin and Layla near the trail's end at the Falls.

Taughannock Falls from trail's end. Gorgeous, huh?

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