Watkins Glen is a charming village at the southern tip of Seneca Lake , one of the magnificent Finger Lakes in central New York.
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Visitors enjoy taking a stroll behind the magnificent waterfalls at Watkins Glen State park, located on beautiful Seneca Lake. Aside from its 19 waterfalls, the park also boasts a deep, rock-walled canyon, which captivates visitors from all over the country with its breathtaking beauty.Seneca Lake and nearby creek offer a rewarding fishing experience , where visitors can catch an abundance rainbow trout and a variety of other fish.The Watkins Glen State Park also offers an array of campgrounds, providing over 300 campsites to choose from for those seeking an outdoor-vacation adventure.The park includes a campground, a large picnic area, swimming pool, etc. but the main attraction are the trails through the Glen, particularly the gorge trail. This is not a rugged wilderness experience, but a very tourist friendly adventure. The park is right in the middle of town, across the street from a sub shop. The Glen is small. It is only 2 miles long, 300 feet deep, and in places only a dozen or so feet wide, so you can easily see everything in half a day. The place does get crowded, but it is nice and deserted in the early morning. If you are looking for a wild, secluded, hiking adventure, this is not the place for you.
The entrance to the trail is a tunnel, followed by a bridge over Glen Creek. Part of the charm of the place is the stone walkways and bridges built in the 30's as part of a public works project. Purists may prefer scenery totally devoid of human handicraft, but in my opinion the combination of natural beauty and man made stone work results in an amazing fantasyland setting. It is kind of like visiting Rivendell.
WATERFALLS IGUAZU
Iguazú waterfalls are located in the province of Misiones, Iguazu National Park, Argentina, and in the Parque Nacional do Iguaçu Paraná state, Brazil, also are close to the border between Paraguay and Argentina (only 13, 8 km in a straight line).
Its name comes from two words: the word "and" (read [ɨ]) as central unrounded vowel) and the word "guasú" in the Guarani language that mean "water" and "large", respectively. Are called in Portuguese: Cataratas do Iguaçu.
Iguazu WaterFalls view from the side brasileño.Estas waterfalls are made of 275 jumps up to 80 m high, fed by the Iguazú river flow. You can take boat rides under the waterfalls and hiking trails appreciating some subtropical jungle animals. Devil's throat, being the highest waterfall (80 m) and higher flow, is a sideshow that can be enjoyed in all its majesty from only 50 m, crossing the paths that leave from Puerto Canoas, which be reached using the ecological train service. For this jump the border passes between the two countries
There is the possibility to navigate the rapids of the Iguazu River and close enough to the waterfalls in an activity where you get soaked though the fun is guaranteed.
