Letchworth State Park

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The Letchworth State Park is located in the western part of the U.S. state of New York, about 55 km south of the city of Rochester. It extends in northeast-southwest direction over a length of about 24 km on either side of the Genesee River and covers an area of ​​almost 60 km ².

Three waterfalls in the south of the park - Upper, Middle and Lower Falls - and up to 200 m high bluffs have this part of the park entered the name " Grand Canyon of the East". The Middle Falls has a height of about 30 meters and is named after an old Seneca - so wonderful that even the sun every lunch stops in the zenith, to admire him a legend. Slightly upriver from " Ska -ga- dee " as the Middle Falls is called by the Seneca, spans a breathtaking height Portage viaduct of the Erie Lackawanna Railway line the gorge.

There are also still in the park about 50 other smaller waterfalls, including on a small tributary of the Inspiration Falls, the deepest at 107 m head waterfall of the State of New York.

The park dates back to a piece of land to the Glen Iris Inn, the William Pryor Letchworth 1859 acquired near the Middle Falls and enlarged in the following years. In 1898 he opened next to the guest house has a natural history museum. In 1907 he transferred the park to the State of New York. The park, mainly deciduous forest, thanks to its numerous hiking trails is a popular tourist destination.