STATE PARK Cayuga Lake While the Park Is Open Year-Round, Some Facilities and 2678 Lower Lake Road Activities Are Only Available on a Seasonal Basis

Facilities: CAYUGA LAKE STATE PARK Cayuga Lake While the Park is open year-round, some facilities and 2678 Lower Lake Road activities are only available on a seasonal basis. Please Seneca Falls, New York 13148 STATE PARK check with the park office or visit our website Park Office: 315-568-5163 parks.ny.gov before arriving at the park. Regional Office and Park Police: 607-387-7041 [email protected] CAMPING: Reservations through Reserve America. Erica Wheatley, Park Manager Campgrounds: 36 electric and 242 non-electric sites. Group camp area available - contact park office for IN AN EMERGENCY information. Park Police……………………..1-800-255-3577 Cabins : 14 cabins. No sleeping tents allowed. Police, Ambulance, Fire……………….…….911 Cottage: Has 3 bedrooms and can accommodate up to 8 people. No pets or smoking in the cottage. Camping Reservations Camping and cabin reservations in NYS parks Amenities may be made up to nine months in advance. Electric Sites have 30-amp service Call 1-800-456-CAMP (2267), or on line at Potable Water available, fill only, no long-term hookups www.ReserveAmerica.com. Garbage disposal and recycling Comfort Stations: Hot showers and flush toilets Special Passes Trailer/RV Dump Station Access Passes: Available to NY residents with Playgrounds: 5-12 year olds qualifying disabilities. All sites have a fire ring and picnic table Golden Park Program: For NY residents age 62+ with NY driver’s license or ID card allows unlimited Overnight Boat Docking - available with permit and weekday and non-holiday access. payment of fee Empire Pass: Unlimited vehicle access to most NY state parks and recreation areas. It can be purchased DAY USE: Day use areas of the park are open from at park offices, shop.parks.ny.gov or by calling dawn to dusk. There is a vehicle use fee in effect at the 518-474-0458. Passes are renewable online and are park. Permitted activities are posted in the park office. valid from date of purchase through December 31. Swimming: Cayuga Lake. Only in lifeguarded area. Swimming available weather and conditions permitting. Daily mid-June to Labor Day. “Carry In-Carry Out” Parks Picnic Areas: Tables and grills, Picnic Pavilions & Our facilities are designated “Carry In-Carry Out.” Lodge (w/kitchen): Can be reserved 11 months in Please take your trash and recyclables home with you advance. All buildings are handicap accessible. for proper disposal.

Seneca Falls, New York Accessible parking spaces and restrooms are available. Contact the park office for specific parks.ny.gov information.

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The Finger Lakes Story area to subdue Iroquois nations which sided with the TO OUR OVERNIGHT GUESTS Sparkling lakes, breathtaking waterfalls, and British. The land surrounding the northern end of the lake, At check-in, the primary occupant may be asked to rolling pastoral land dominate the landscape of the including what is now the state park, is part of the existing present his/her currently valid New York State driver’s Finger Lakes Region. Over thousands of years, recognized territory of the Cayuga Nation. license or non-driver’s identification card to verify New York State residency and eligibility for the in-state gigantic glaciers and coursing streams carved this European American settlers moved in, cleared the resident fee rate. landscape shared by generations of people. On forests and began farming. With the construction of the Registration: An adult at least 18 years of age must be the Erie Canal system in the 1820’s, the nearby Village of Cayuga Lake’s northwestern shore, Cayuga Lake permit holder and occupy the site throughout the Seneca Falls became an industrial and shipping center. It State Park is one of 29 facilities of the Finger Lakes registration period. No more than 6 people per campsite. State Park Region where you can enjoy these is best known, however, as the birthplace of the Women’s Quiet Hours: Quiet hours in camping areas and marinas treasured landscapes and discover the lives of people Rights movement in America, led by village resident are from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and are STRICTLY of the past. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. A Women’s Hall of Fame and enforced. Your cooperation is appreciated by park staff and This park features 141 acres (57 ha) of gently Seneca Falls Urban Cultural Park Visitor Center provide a your fellow campers. Generators may be operated from sloping land along the northwest shore of Cayuga wealth of information about the history of this dynamic 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Lake. The park has one of the largest campgrounds community. A short trolley brought people from Seneca Day Visitors: Day visitors to camping patrons are re- in the Finger Lakes State Park Region. Its long Falls to a resort on Cayuga Lake a century ago. However, quired to pay the vehicle use fee when in effect at the park sandy-pebble swim beach makes it a fine place to the resort and the trolley fell on hard times. During the and must vacate the park by 10:00 p.m. spend an afternoon or an entire vacation by the water. 1920’s, roads were improved and more people owned Camping Equipment and Vehicles: Two sleeping tents or one camping unit (trailer, RV) and one tent are permit- The Nature of Cayuga Lake automobiles, and in 1928 New York created the state park on the site of the old resort. ted per camp site. No more than two vehicles may be During the past million years, giant mounds of parked on a camp or cabin site. No sleeping tents or ice, or glaciers, covered New York State several TO ALL OUR GUESTS campers allowed in the cabin area. Screen tents are al- times, dramatically transforming the land in its path. Trails: Please stay on the designated trail. lowed. Additional parking for guests is available for a fee In this region, the most recent glacier moved through in nearby parking lots. shallow river valleys leaving in their place deep Blading, Boarding and Bicycling Safety: Safety helmets are Campsite Care: Please keep your campsite and the troughs with steep sides. When the glacier receded required by New York State Law. Check at the park office for surrounding area clean. Please do not drive nails or screws north about 10,000 years ago, water filled these new times and locations where these activities are allowed. into trees. Clothes line tied to trees and shrubs are not troughs, creating the 11 Finger Lakes including permitted. Wash dishes or food at your campsite or in Cayuga Lake. At 38.1 miles (61 km) in length and Swimming Areas: Supervised swimming is available at this designated areas ONLY, not at standpipes or drinking facility. Swimming is not a guaranteed activity. The supervised 435 feet (132 m) in depth at its deepest spot, Cayuga fountains. Picnic tables and fire rings must remain on the swimming area may be closed due to weather conditions or Lake is one of the largest Finger Lakes. This site. availability of lifeguards. Pets, alcoholic beverages and glass lakeshore park is an excellent site for observing Recycling & Garbage: Please assist us with our recycling containers of any kind are not permitted in the supervised program by placing bottles, cans and cardboard in the migrating geese, ducks and shorebirds. The warmer, swimming area. designated containers. All garbage should be bagged and shallow water around the park supports largemouth placed in the garbage containers. bass, bullheads and carp. Pets: Family pets must be leashed and attended at all times. Fires: All fires must be contained in designated areas and The People of Cayuga Lake Proof of rabies vaccination must be by Veterinarian’s under adult supervision. DO NOT EXCEED THE Cayuga Lake is named after the Cayuga Indians, certificate and must be provided if asked; the collar tag will CAPACITY OF THE FIRE RING. one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee not be accepted as proof. Check In/Check Out: Check-in time is 3:00 p.m. (Iroquois) in New York. The Cayugas are the Campers must occupy the site by 9:00 p.m. on the Respecting Wildlife: Please do not feed or harass any wildlife “Gue-u-gweh-o-no” or “people of the muckland,” scheduled day of arrival or call the park office. Check-out while visiting the park. If you see any wildlife that appears ill, such as that seen in nearby Montezuma Wetland. time is 11:00 a.m. All equipment must be off the site at leave it where it is and contact park personnel immediately. If They called the lake “Tiohero” or “clear water.” that time. you come in physical contact with an animal, report it to a park Pets: Only two pets allowed per site. During the Revolutionary War, General John employee right away. 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