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tumbling as far as 500ft below into clear swimming pools.
Robert Treman Park
(
607-273-3440; 105 Enfield Falls Rd)
, a few miles further out of town, has a gorge trail passing
a stunning 12 waterfalls in under 3 miles. The two biggies you don't want to miss are
Devil's Kitchen and Lucifer Falls. Eight miles north on Rte 89, the spectacular
Taughan-
nock Falls
spills 215ft into the steep gorge below;
Taughannock Falls State Park
(
607-387-6739;
www.nysparks.com
; 2221 Taughannock Rd, Trumansburg)
has two major hiking
trails, craggy gorges, tent-trailer sites and cabins.
A little further along on Rte 89 near the village of Interlaken is the
Creamery
(
11am-8pm)
, a roadside eatery that in addition to conventional ice cream sundaes serves
buzz-inducing wine-infused sorbets. Just past here is
Lucas Vineyards
( 607-532-4825;
www.lucasvineyards.com
;
3862 Cty Rd 150, Interlaken; 10:30am-5:30pm Mon-Sat, from 11am
Sun Mar-Oct; 10:30am-6pm Mon-Sun Memorial Day-Labor Day)
, one of the pioneers of Cayuga
wineries, and a little further north down by the lake shore is
Sheldrake Point
(
607-532-9401;
www.sheldrakeppoint.com
; 7448 County Rd; 11am-5pm Fri-Mon Jan-Mar,
10am-5:30pm daily Apr-Dec)
, which has lake views and award-winning whites.
The small, sleepy town of
Seneca Falls
is where the country's organized women's
rights movement was born. After being excluded from an anti-slavery meeting, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and her friends drafted an 1848 declaration asserting that 'all men and wo-
men are created equal.' The inspirational
Women's Rights National Historical Park
(
315-568-2991;
www.nps.gov/wori
; 136 Fall St; 9am-5pm)
has a small but impressive
museum with an informative film, plus a visitor center offering tours of Cady Stanton's
house.
Seneca & Keuka Lakes
Geneva
, at the northern tip of Seneca Lake, has an architecturally historic exterior and a
lively vibe with both Hobart and William Smith colleges calling it home. South Main St
is lined with an impressive number of immaculate turn-of-the-century homes. The re-
is the place to go for performing arts. Stop by
Microclimate
(38 Linden St, Geneva; 6pm-
midnight Mon, 4:30pm-1am Thu-Sun)
, a cool little wine bar with wine flights where you can
compare locally produced varietals with their international counterparts.
Y-shaped Keuka Lake is surrounded by two small state parks that keep it relatively
pristine. One of its old canals has been converted into a rustic bike path and it's a favorite
lake for trout fishing. Just south of
Penn Yan
, the largest village on the lake's shores, you
come to
Keuka Spring Vineyards
(
315-536-3147;
www.keukaspringwinery.com
;
54 E Lake
Rd, Penn Yan;
10am-5pm Mon-Sat, from 11am Sun summer, mostly weekends other months)
and
