Chittenango Falls State Park
Chittenango Falls State Park is a 193-acre (0.78 km2) state park located in Madison County, New York, east of Cazenovia Lake. The park features a 167-foot (51 m) waterfall that cascades over roughly 400-million-year-old bedrock. At the bottom of the falls Chittenango Creek flows underneath a wooden bridge. The park offers a variety of activities including picnic tables with pavilions, a playground, a nature trail, hiking, and fishing.
| Chittenango Falls State Park | |
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Chittenango Falls in May 2007 | |
Location of Chittenango Falls State Park within New York State | |
| Type | State park |
| Location | 2300 Rathbun Road Cazenovia, New York |
| Nearest city | Syracuse, New York |
| Coordinates | 42°59′N 75°51′W |
| Area | 193 acres (0.78 km2) |
| Created | 1922 |
| Operated by | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
| Visitors | 46,988 (in 2014) |
| Open | All year |
| Website | Chittenango Falls State Park |
Approximately 45,000 visitors come to the park each year to engage in a variety of outdoor recreational activities. Although many camping guides still mistakenly list it as a campground, the park's campground was closed in the mid-2000s.
Chittenango Falls State Park is also home to the endemic and endangered Chittenango ovate amber snail (Novisuccinea chittenangoensis).
Chittenango Falls once marked the boundary between the lands of the Oneida people and the Onondaga people. In 1784 the Oneidas called it “a Place where the Water runs over a Ledge of Rocks” when explaining their homeland’s boundaries to commissioners from New York.