2019-10-14: Chittenango Falls State Park

As part two of a weekend vacation, I headed out to Cazenovia NY on Columbus Day and visited several nearby attractions. I first stopped at the Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, a modern art center with miles of trails and a variety of artwork on display. Afterwards, I headed north to Chittenango Falls State Park, which features an impressive 167-foot waterfall and some trails leading over the Chittenango Creek, through the biome of an endangered snail.

In an attempt to save space, I am including the full-quality images in this post, rather than linking a separate folder. This may have adverse effects on this page's formatting, depending on how it is being viewed.

This Anthony Heinz-May artwork, Tree3, is the only of the artworks I photographed about which I can find information online. 
This sculpture, made of various iron tools, was part of a series of metal-based artworks.
This remelted copper alloy piece was a part of the same series as the above iron sculpture.
View of Chittenango Falls from an overlook near its top.
Thousands of years of water has eroded a scoop-like shape in the rock to the right.
Green moss clings to rocks at one of the waterfall's more violent points.
An overlook along the trail gave an excellent mid-elevation view of the falls.
The upper half of the falls, trying in vain to hide behind a bush.
A wide-angle view of the Chittenango Falls, seen from a bridge along the creek at their base.
A more direct view of the upper half of the falls.
Complementary view of the lower falls.
These rocks at the falls' base are the only place in the world where the Chittenango Ovate Amber Snail can be found. None are seen in this picture though.
Water violently collides with dark rocks at the step separating the upper and lower portions of the falls.
White water rushes down natural stairs just off from the main waterfall.
As I followed the trail to leave the gorge, a bit of sunlight poked through the trees and illuminated the top of the falls.
The dark waters of the Chittenango Creek weave through bright autumnal foliage.
Road salt stalactites covered the underside of this bridge on NY 13.

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