Letchworth State Park

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Location:35 miles south of Rochester, along the Genesee River; Exit 7 off I-390.
Facilities:Tent and trailer campsites (é)), showers (é), winterized cabins (é), vacation rental lodge, inn, restaurant (open to the public), conference center, picnic areas and pavilions (é), playground, hiking trails (66 miles), nature trail (é), trails for horseback riding, biking, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling, swimming pool (é), visitor center/museum, gift shop.
Activities:Camping, kayaking, whitewater rafting, hot air ballooning, fishing, swimming, hiking, bicycling, cross-country skiing, ice skating, snow tubing, snowmobiling, horse-drawn sleigh rides, nature, history, and performing arts programs, guided walks and tours, a summer lecture series. Deer and spring turkey hunting permitted in season.
Special Features:Park is sometimes referred to as the "Grand Canyon of the East." Features include the Genesee River, which roars through the gorge over three major waterfalls between cliffs as high as 600 feet, scenic trails, and lush forests. The historic, completely restored Glen Iris Inn, a hotel built in 1914, offers overnight accommodations and is open to the public for meals.
Address:1 Letchworth State Park
Castile, NY 14427
Phone:585-493-3600
Web: www.nysparks.com/parks/info.asp?parkId=12
Size: 14,428 acres.

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Houghton is a Christian liberal arts school with an enrollment of just over 1,000 students, and its campus is situated about 15 miles south of Portageville and Letchworth State Park.

Houghton College adds online and on-campus criminal justice degree

More recently, the company began work on a railroad bridge in Letchworth State Park in New York.

ODOT's bridgework to be finished this weekend

Marty first learned to press cider from an old man who pressed apples near Letchworth State Park:

Fruit in the Forest: Foraging Apples and Pressing Cider in the Finger Lakes

Caption: Jen Curry displays caddisfly cases found in Wolf Creek at Letchworth State Park.

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The idea came to Johnson and cellist Dan Ketter nearly two years ago when the couple was hiking in New York's Letchworth State Park and fantasizing about performing in nature rather than in concert halls.

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Last week, groundbreaking for a new $7 million Nature Center took place at Letchworth State Park, attended by Lt.

Letchworth gets new nature center

Graciously lined by the Genesee River in a meander of curves, coils and loops, as it traverses two counties, Letchworth State Park covers 14,350 acres of lush forests, dramatic waterfalls and canyons.

Vacations: A New York State of mind

South of Letchworth State Park, about halfway along its length, the river is a 2nd- to 3rd-order stream that meanders through a rural and agricultural landscape past a few towns and villages.

Habitat selection and dispersal of the cobblestone tiger beetle (Cicindela marginipennis Dejean) along the Genesee River, New York

Buffalo Creek is about an hour and 15 minutes from Letchworth State Park, which did not exist when Mary Jemison lived.

A virtual secret of history

I was in high school at the time, and I remember a group of workers who restored our beautiful Letchworth State Park, known as the Grand Canyon of the East, near Castile, N.Y.

From the mailbox

The multi-year project was completed late last year and helped modernize the Interstate 390 and Route 15 and 15A interchanges in<br /> I-390/I-490 Interchange Project: The state is investing more than $160 millionin this multi-year project, which is installing new ramps, bridges, and culverts to improve the safety and accessibility of the region's busiest highway interchange.The project is scheduled for completion in 2020.<br /> Portageville Bridge: New York State invested more than $15 million toward replacing the bridge that carries the Norfolk Southern freight line over the dramatic Genesee River gorge in Letchworth State Park, Livingston County.

State infrastructure investments plentiful this summer