Ithaca, New York Travel Information

Finger Lakes & Thousand Islands: From Ithaca to Alexandria Bay Explore the Finger Lakes Region, the southern shore of Lake Ontario, and part of the state’s Seaway Trail, which hugs what some consider to be the nation’s "North Coast": the Great Lakes and St. Lawre... Ithaca, NY

Ithaca and Binghamton, New York, and the Eastern Finger Lakes For a fabulous day of fishing, head for Sodus Bay on the shore of Lake Ontario. In season more than twenty-five charter boat companies offer their services in this small fishing paradise. Stop for a b... Ithaca, NY

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Cascadilla Falls (9 falls) (Distance: 0.7 mi) The ravine once began at William’s Mill at the center of the village of Ithaca where the first settlers built their cabins. Today it drops 400 feet from Cornell University campus to downtown Ithaca. C...

Ithaca, NY - Waterfalls - length:1.4 mi

Ithaca Falls (Distance: 0.8 mi) Ithaca Falls is the final hurrah as Fall Creek rushes toward Cayuga Lake. It’s at the end of a 1-mile long gorge at the base of the Portage Escarpment, that sports a total of 6 waterfalls. This one is...

Ithaca, NY - Waterfalls - length:0.4 mi

Triphammer, Forest, Foaming & Rocky Falls (Distance: 0.9 mi) Fall Creek is one of the hanging valleys left high above Cayuga Lake when the glaciers scoured the northsouth valleys but left the east-west tributaries relatively unscathed. Since the glaciers recede...

Ithaca, NY - Waterfalls - length:2 mi

Six-Mile Creek Trail (Distance: 1.1 mi) Six-Mile Creek, particularly above the dam and at Potter’s Falls (also called Green Tree Falls), is a notorious nude sunbathing and skinny dipping area. But beware, swimming is not allowed here. The a...

Ithaca, NY - Hiking - length:4.8 mi

Potter’s Falls (3 falls) (Distance: 1.9 mi) Even so, the walk to this waterfall is a very pleasant hike through woods. In spring you’ll see waterfalls in tributaries as well as Six Mile Creek. Along the creek bed and deep in the woods you’ll fi...

Ithaca, NY - Waterfalls - length:4.8 mi

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Robert Trent Jones Robert Trent Jones Golf Course At Cornell University Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 6890 yards, par 72 0.5 miles from center of Ithaca, New York

Newman Newman Municipal Golf Course Municipal, 9 holes 3055 yards, par 36 0.9 miles from center of Ithaca, New York

Ithaca Country Club of Ithaca Private Equity, 18 holes 6595 yards, par 72 2.0 miles from center of Ithaca, New York

Hillendale Hillendale Golf Course Public, 18 holes 6004 yards, par 70 6.0 miles from center of Ithaca, New York

Trumansburg Trumansburg Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6308 yards, par 72 10.7 miles from center of Ithaca, New York

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