Buttermilk Falls State Park (Ithaca, NY) Waterfall Guide

woman walking on a hiking trail in Taughannock Falls State Park (waterfall near Ithaca, finger lakes region of upstate new york) cascade, gorge, autumn, jacket, hat, fall foliage shot from behind

Last splash. Cascadilla Creek collected its waters from the bowl of hills surrounding Ellis Hollow, wound through wetlands and over beaver dams, paralleled the East Ithaca Recreationway, an old railroad route behind East Hill Plaza, and stumbled over little Judd Falls. From there it began its job of separating Cornell from Collegetown in the narrow Cascadilla Gorge Natural Area. Under the College Avenue Bridge, Cascadilla began its steep plunge over six waterfalls through its canyon down East Hi