Cayuga Lake

Región vinícola en Ithaca, New York, United States

• Abierto todo el año
• Duración típica: 5h

Qué hacer

• observación de aves (ubicación: northern mudflats and marsh)
• boat launch access (sites: Taughannock Falls SP, Long Point SP, Cayuga Lake SP, Deans Cove)
• hiking trails (description: miles of glacial landscape trails)
• museum visits (theme: regional history, Underground Railroad, women's rights)
• recreational boating (marina: Allan H. Treman State Marine Park, Ithaca)
• scenic byway driving (length mi: 87)
• pesca deportiva (target species: lake trout, smallmouth bass, landlocked salmon, smelt)
• wildlife observation (site: Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge marshlands)
• observación de vida silvestre (especies: bald eagles, osprey, migratory birds)
• winery visits (sendero: Cayuga Lake Wine Trail)

Antes de ir

• lake drawn down in winter (motivo: minimize ice damage, store spring runoff)
• south end freezes in winter

Servicios

• group accommodations (capacidad: 20+)
• lgbtq friendly
• multiple boat launches (sites: Treman, Long Point, Cayuga Lake SP, Taughannock Falls SP, Deans Cove, Mud Lock)
• pet friendly
• state marina, ithaca (nombre: Allan H. Treman State Marine Park)
• wheelchair accessible (at: Cayuga Lake Wine Trail)

Mejor época para visitar

• summer and autumn (temporada: summer–early autumn) — southern end freezes in winter

Características

• 95+ miles shoreline (shoreline km: 153 · shoreline mi: 95)
• average width 1.7 miles (max width mi: 3.5 · max width location: near Aurora)
• connected to erie canal (via: Mud Lock, north end)
• drinking water source (system: Bolton Point Water System)
• glacially carved basin (ends: shallow north/south · sides: steep east/west)
• glacially carved lake (origen: last Ice Age)
• invasive round goby present (since: 1990s)
• invasive species present (since: 1990s · especies: round goby)
• longest finger lake (longitud: 39 miles (63 km))
• max depth 435 ft (depth m: 133 · depth ft: 435)
• migratory bird habitat (refuge: Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge)
• migratory bird stopover (superficie: northern marshes · refuge: Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge)
• named for cayuga nation (confederacy: Haudenosaunee)
• spans three counties (counties: Cayuga, Seneca, Tompkins)

Cerca de aquí

• buttermilk falls state park (distancia: 0.51 mi from byway HQ)
• cornell university (ubicación: Ithaca, southern end)
• ithaca (south end) (institutions: Cornell University, Ithaca College)
• montezuma national wildlife refuge (ubicación: northern end marshes)
• seneca falls — site of 1848 women's rights convention, northern tip
• seneca falls (north end) — site of 1848 women's rights convention
• taughannock falls state park (feature: state boat launch)

Datos útiles

• abierto todo el año
• southern end freezes in winter (temporada: invierno)
• water level managed seasonally (drawdown: autumn · mechanism: Mud Lock)

Identificador de catálogo: AVIA-X7FT-SJBSY

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