Fillmore Glen State Park

Fillmore Glen State Park

The Cowsheds, a waterfall at Fillmore Glen State Park. Reputedly, cattle would shelter against the cliff to the left on hot summer days in years past.

Location of Fillmore Glen State Park within New York State

Type State park
Location 1686 State Route 38
Moravia, New York[1]
Nearest city Ithaca, New York
Coordinates 42°42′N 76°25′W / 42.70°N 76.42°W / 42.70; -76.42Coordinates: 42°42′N 76°25′W / 42.70°N 76.42°W / 42.70; -76.42
Area 941 acres (3.81 km2)[2]
Created 1925 (1925)[3]
Operated by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors 83,044 (in 2014)[4]
Open All year
Camp sites 60
Website Fillmore Glen State Park

Fillmore Glen State Park is a 941-acre (3.81 km2) state park[2] located in the Finger Lakes region of New York adjacent to the Village of Moravia in Cayuga County.

Park description

The primary attractions of the park are the hiking trails with views of a stream and five waterfalls, in addition to the swimming pond, made by damming the stream.[5] It also features a replica of President Millard Fillmore's boyhood log cabin, as the park is about five miles (8 km) from the former president's birthplace.[6]

The park offers swimming, picnic tables and pavilions, cabins, a campground with 60 tent and trailer sites, hunting and fishing, hiking, a playground, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing.[5]

See also

References

  1. "Fillmore Glen State Park - Getting There". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9". 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook (PDF). The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. p. 672. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  3. Freeman, Rich; Freeman, Sue (2002). 200 Waterfalls in Central & Western New York: A Finders' Guide. Fishers, NY: Footprint Press. p. 233. ISBN 1930480016. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  4. "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Fillmore Glen State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  6. "Millard Fillmore 13th President, 1850-1853". PresidentialAvenue.com. Retrieved June 2, 2015.


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