Summer Walk

Experience a hike around Taughannock Gorge on a summer morning with thunderstorms threatening

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Constant winds from thunderstorm updrafts, I brought along an umbrella just in case.

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  • Maple Tree
  • View from the South Rim Trail. The water flowing from Taughannock Falls to Cayuga Lake.
  • The steep, high gorge walls below the falls on a humid July morning.
  • gorge walls
  • My umbrella
  • Taughannock falls in distance
  • Taughannock Falls in distance
  • South Rim Stairs built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s
  • Pine Forest at foot of stairs
  • An interesting presentation at the Gorge entrance
  • Tiger Lilies
  • brown creek water meets Cayuga Lake (900 feet deep)
  • Last waterfall of Taughannock Gorge
  • wild roses
  • Wild rose blooms
  • camping on North Rim
  • North Rim Gorge view
  • Lobe leaved Hepatica
  • Mushroom and Moss on the “wetter” north rim
  • asters, an invasive species
  • The dramatic and virtually inaccessible gorge above Taughannock Falls

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Taughannock Falls Gorge on a humid summer morning
Hemlock Forest on South Rim Trail
Taughannock Falls Gorge from South Rim Trail
Taughannock Falls from South Rim trail
View of Taughannock Falls Gorge from the North Rim trail on a humid summer (July) morning. Turkey Vultures circle overhead…they are there most summer days.
View of the first waterfall of Taughannock Gorge from the railroad bridge linking the North and South Rim trails on a humid summer (July) morning. This large waterfall empties to the gorge above the 210+ foot Taughannock Falls.
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