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Buttermilk Falls State Park

New York · NY

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About

A gorge park named for the foaming cascade Buttermilk Creek forms as it drops down the valley toward Cayuga Lake. It has gorge trails, waterfalls and swimming.

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Buttermilk Falls State Park is a 811-acre (3.28 km2) state park located southwest of Ithaca, New York, United States. Like Robert H. Treman State Park, a portion of the land that was to become the state park came from Robert and Laura Treman in 1924.

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This park overlaps hunting units

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