Buttermilk Falls State Park
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Buttermilk Falls State Park
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| location | Ithaca , New York , United States | |
| surface | 3.28 | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 25 ′ N , 76 ° 31 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | 1924 | |
| administration | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation | |
Buttermilk Falls State Park is a state park in the parish of Ithaca , New York , United States . The park covers 811 acres (3.28 km²). The foundation for the park, as for the nearby Robert H. Treman State Park , was laid by Robert and Laura Treman in 1924. They donated land to the state to build the park.
history
The Buttermilk Falls were named after the foamy water that pours over several cascades. A description is from 1866:
Here the rock is split by a wild mountain stream that shoots over the sharp rocks in a mass of thick, whipped foam that evidently imposed the name Buttermilk Falls on the unaesthetic and rural peasantry.
The original 164 acres (0.66 km²) were donated by Treman in 1924. In the years that followed, the state acquired additional areas until the park grew to its current size.
Other Buttermilk Falls are mentioned by Joseph Plumb Martin , a soldier from the American Revolutionary War . However, these are today's Highland Falls in the Hudson Valley .
geography
The Buttermilk Falls State Park includes a crescent-shaped area south of Ithaca. The northwest part partly follows the course of the Cayuga Inlet , which leads to Cayuga Lake . The eastern part mainly includes the gorge of Buttermilk Creek and stretches along it to the south to Yaple Road . There is the Lake Treman reservoir. There are a total of 10 waterfalls in the state park.
To the south, W King Road cuts through the park. Pinnacle Rock is next to the road . The eastern border of the park is the South Hill district of Ithaca. In this area is also the Namgyal Monastery at Dü Khor Choe Ling . Other parks form an almost contiguous system of protected areas: in the southwest are Sweedler and Thayer Preserves and Thayer Preserve Lick Brook , which almost adjoin the Robert H. Treman State Park . The Ithaca College Natural Lands are located in the urban area of Ithaca and further north on Cayuga Inlet is the Allan H. Treman State Marine Park .
Freetime activities
In the park there is a bathing beach, the possibilities for fishing, hiking, hunting, as well as playgrounds and sports fields, a campsite and various huts.
Hiking trails
Several hiking trails lead through the park:
- Gorge Trail along Buttermilk Creek covers an elevation gain of 150 m (500 ft);
- Rim Trail on the opposite side of the creek complements the Gorge Trail to a circular route with a length of approximately 2.4 km (1.5 mi).
- Bear Trail follows Buttermilk Creek south to Lake Treman Falls and Lake Treman . It is also about 2.4 km long.
- A section of the Finger Lakes Trail runs through the park along the southern end of Lake Treman.
- Larch Trail leads through the lower lying floodplains in the north of the park.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
- ^ A b NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation: State Park Acquisition Record and Document Review. [1] 2010: 17.
- ↑ Here cleft by a mountain torrent, that comes pouring over the sharp rocks of its bed in a mass of thick, frothy foam, that evidently suggested to the unaesthetic and domestic countryman the name of Buttermilk Falls. Spence Spencer: The Scenery of Ithaca and the Head Waters of the Cayuga Lake. 1866: 66 Buttermilk Falls
- ↑ a b Phyllis McNeill, Henry Cowan; Carol Kammen: Place Names of Tompkins County. Office of the Tompkins County Historian, Ithaca, NY 2004: 84. [2]
- ^ US Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map .
- ^ Buttermilk Falls State Park. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation 2015.
