Taughannock Falls State Park
The 66-metre Taughannock Falls is taller than Niagara Falls. You can enjoy it from a flat gorge trail or from a clifftop lookout.
Taughannock Falls has a single drop of 215 feet (about 66 metres), making it one of the tallest single-drop waterfalls east of the Rocky Mountains. It is about 10 metres taller than Niagara Falls. There are two ways to see it. You can drive to the Falls Overlook on the northern rim of the gorge and see the falls as soon as you get out of the car. Or you can start at the entrance on the shore of Cayuga Lake and follow the gently sloping Gorge Trail about 1.2 km to the foot of the falls, a route suitable for older people and children. The park also has the Rim Trail loop and a lakeside beach. Entry is charged per vehicle, about $10 per car, seasonally. Trails may be partly closed in winter due to ice. The park is about 15 km from downtown Ithaca, a 20-minute drive.
Opening hours
Sunrise to sunset; parts of the gorge trail may close in winter
Nearby sights
- Museum of the Earth
- Stewart Park
- Cayuga Lake Wine Trail
- Ithaca Farmers Market
- Sciencenter
- Robert H. Treman State Park
- Ithaca Falls
- Moosewood Restaurant