Lakes In Upstate New York

The U.S. State of New York is a wonderful place toPark. Visitors can enjoy the beauty of nature by
visit. It offers many tourism activities, amusements andwalking along the 552-mile long Finger Lakes Trail
adventures for tourists sufficient enough to keep themNetwork that connects Catskill Mountains with the
amused and entertained during the visit. There areAllegheny Mountains. Major tourist activities in Finger
numerous tourist destinations and wonderful places toLakes region include balloon ride, glider rides, skydiving,
unwind and have fun. However, the most important ofhiking, boat cruises, canoeing, kayaking, scuba diving
them are the wonderful lakes located all around theand skiing. Also available in this region are metropolitan
upstate region of New York.areas such as Rochester, Syracuse, Ithaca and
Famous among these are the splendidly beautiful andCorning that are known for their amusement parks,
magnificent glacier-carved ice-blue Finger Lakes.museums, theaters, symphony orchestras and
Located in the central part of New York State, Fingerrestaurants.
Lakes are actually a collection of 11 lakes that haveLocated on the northern side of Finger Lakes region is
formed naturally. Finger Lakes region is a 9000-squarethe magnificent Lake Ontario. Another interesting
mile marvel of the nature that is surrounded byfishing and vacation spots in New York State lake is
canyons with more than 1000 waterfalls, rolling hills,the Black Lake, which is located north of Syracuse.
hundreds of vineyards, dozens of white-waterLocated on the southeast end of Syracuse are Round
streams, rivers, more than 25 state parks, a Nationallake and Green Lake. Both these are glacial kettle
Forest, and a world-famous Wildlife Refuge.remnants of an ancient, gigantic waterfall and are
Popular attractions include Letchworth State Park,known for their characteristic aqua-marine color.
Taughannock Falls State Park, Watkins Glen StateMany of the lakes in Upstate New York are formed
Park, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, Cayugadue to glacial and fluvial processes. All these are
Nature Center, Tanglewood Nature Center, andexcellent tourist destinations and have ample
Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park, Ithaca Falls,restaurants and resorts available in the vicinity providing
Robert Treman State Park and Green Lakes Stategood dining and accommodation.