Envision the Susquehanna B l a c k LANDSCAPE OF THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER Oswego DAVID HARP / CHESAPEAKE PHOTOS Florence Alder Creek Williamstown FALL BROOK Ava from its headwaters in Parish 13 STATE FOREST PIXLEY FALLS S.P. Minetto Westdale Cooperstown, New York, its journey through the mountains HAMLIN Hastings 81 OAK ORCHARD BEACH S.P. BATTLE ISLAND 26 46 STATE MARINE LAKE ONTARIO FAIR HAVEN S.P. Camden BEACH STATE L Hinckley PARK 11 it Remsen along the West Branch, and its entry to the Chesapeake Bay in k Fulton t 274 Kendall e PARK Mallory le Reservoir e r BRADDOCK Delta Westernville andy C Fair Haven Lake S S BAY Reservoir Havre de Grace, Maryland, the mighty Susquehanna River has been Hamlin Neatahwanta O Hilton STATE PARK CHIMNEY Central Square Blossvale Barneveld s DELTA MAP KEY BLUFFS S.P. w LAKE S.P. BEECHWOOD S.P. 104A eg Sodus W Constantia the lifeblood of this fertile region for centuries. To travel its length is IRONDEQUOIT o 69 Federally protected area Albion BAY STATE Point o Cleveland l c Phoenix Rome 365 State protected area MARINE PARK 104 Sodus o 104 Wolcott t FRENCHMAN to take a colorful journey through endless forests, wilderness areas, Webster t O FORT STANWIX M Protected area Williamson n o Brockport C VERONA h Greece Irondequoit ISLAND S.P. eid N.M. a r a L w West Webster S ak BEACH e e k Other point of interest Spencerport o e S.P. and rolling farms; past ocks of migrating waterfowl and historic d k Oriskany LOCK 20 u Cato Seneca Baldwinsville Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail s STATE CANAL Rochester C Gates r PARK Susquehanna River Water Trail-West Branch e Otter Whitesboro towns; and along unique geologic features like water gaps through the Peneld e Cross North Syracuse Brighton k Lake 90 490 Lake 0 5 10 15 20 Churchville Mattydale Yorkville Utica East Fairport STATUTE MILES Appalachian Mountains. e river continues to be an important place Black Creek Onondaga OLD ERIE CANAL Oneida Bergen Rochester Clyde STATE HISTORIC 0 5 10 15 20 Elba 90 Lake Canastota C PARK KILOMETERS Henrietta Lyons l Syracuse y Jordan for commerce, recreation, and wildlife; however, it faces an uncertain d GREEN LAKES Clinton Palmyra e Fairmount STATE PARK ONEIDA Newark Weedsport CANASTOTA INDIAN Text by Joanna Ogburn, Lynda Eisenberg, Emily Myron, 90 future riddled with challenges. e Susquehanna drains more than reek CAZENOVIA RESERVATION Katherine Faull, and Joel Dunn. atka C MONTEZUMA CLARK STATE TRAILWAY O N.W.R. Manlius Batavia 390 RESERVATION S.P. Clayville Copyright © 2013 National Geographic Society 27,500 square miles, picking up pollutants and sediments from an area Le Roy Victor Black CHITTENANGO Munnsville Marcellus FALLS S.P. Caledonia H Manchester 90 Clifton Springs Lake o Cazenovia n Skaneateles ONONDAGA roughly the size of West Virginia and Delaware combined. e Phelps Waterville o Shortsville INDIAN Lake y e 20 Auburn RESERVATION Cazenovia SONNENBERG C Avon Seneca Falls k Morrisville r GARDENS AND MANSION e 20 To combat these ills and engage a growing population in the res- 20 enec a ld 20 e S e e e S.H.P. r Pompey i k f C Bridgewater Canandaigua CAYUGA r Pavilion t Geneva SENECA Otisco e LAKE u York CANANDAIGUA C g toration of this amazing resource, a group of interested parties has n LAKE Owasco Lake h STATE n LAKE S.M.P. r Owasco e k e Eaton S.P. a e PARK n e k Lake e S t Fabius a r Union Wyoming a t Livonia n Hamilton begun Envision the Susquehanna. is community-driven initiative C u Canadarago Conesus L Springs Sheds g d o Brookeld B a C Skaneateles Lake GLIMMERGLASS Lake u u Otsego S.P. Geneseo ALT g Gorham Tully aims to create a shared vision for the river, focused on habitat restora- M i B Lake 20 DEANS COVE a Lake CONESUS a S i d CHARLES E. BAKER BOAT g Georgetown LAKE BOAT n DeRuyter S STATE FOREST Honeoye Rushville y ALT a LAUNCH Warsaw e 81 LAUNCH Aurora a tion and conservation; cultural heritage preservation and education; 20 n Lake l Earlville a u m HONEOYE LAKE C n SAMPSON Perry Mount Morris o a LONG POINT n Moravia l BOAT LAUNCH S.P. t STATE PARK 11 Truxton l s g i Cooperstown recreational access; and economic development through tourism. e S.P. C Silver Hemlock e e S BEAVER d Edmeston SILVER Canadice r W a e Little York MEADOW Sherburne a Lake Lake F e CUYLER n LAKE e Lake c BETTY & WILBUR k FILLMORE e HARRIET Ovid E HILL S.F. U hope is to create a lasting connection to the Susquehanna for those S.P. s GLEN S.P. DAVIS S.P. e I Penn Yan a Hartwick Groveland HOLLISTER L S.F. Silver Springs n K e SPENCER N Locke Richmondville G A a South Otselic Springwater STATE RECREATION G E L Homer within the watershed, generating the conservation of its amazing Castile R L New Berlin LETCHWORTH AREA Naples Plymouth ARNOLD STATE PARK LODI POINT k LAKE S.F. 390 S.P. HUNTS GILBERT a e NEW MICHIGAN resources. k Cortland POND S.P. LAKE S.P. Milford Nunda KEUKA Groton e McGraw STATE FOREST e k Wayland LAKE S.P. r e Schenevus C l Dansville e k Trumansburg l TAUGHANNOCK a Norwich Laurens Arcade a F Cincinnatus Goodyear STONY BROOK FINGER FALLS S.P. Lake STATE PARK L Dundee LAKES NATIONAL ISLANDS IN THE SUSQUEHANNA, SOUTH OF THE CONOWINGO DAM Delevan Cohocton a McDonough ROBERT V. Jefferson DAVID HARP / CHESAPEAKE PHOTOS Hume k FOREST Cayuga Dryden Gilbertsville RIDDELL u Wayne Fillmore Heights Willet STATE PARK Canaseraga e ALLAN H. Oneonta K Waneta TREMAN S.M.P. Oxford KEENEY SWAMP Ithaca Marathon East Meredith Machias Houghton STATE FOREST Lake Mount Upton Stamford Hammondsport Burdett Avoca ROBERT H. BUTTERMILK Otego e Lamoka FALLS S.P. ar Rushford TREMAN S.P. aw Lake Watkins Brooktondale Whitney l ALLEN o e Glen g D BULLY HILL Montour Cayuta Point n h LAKE S.F. Lake Neweld ranc STATE FOREST SUGAR HILL Falls Lake hen a t B WATKINS C es STATE FOREST Unadilla W Franklinville Belfast Bath GLEN Odessa The boundaries of the Susquehanna watershed Greene Hornell STATE PARK Whitney Point Sidney BURT HILL 86 represent the traditional territory of Iroquoia, the ENTRANCE TO COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK STATE FOREST Bainbridge JOEL DUNN C sphere of infl uence of the Iroquois Nations, from 81 Savona a 11 y PHILLIPS CREEK Millport u before John Smith’s time through the colonial ta OIL SPRINGS STATE FOREST 86 CAMERON S.F. Cr period. A map of the Six Nations’ territory in the Afton INDIAN RESERVATION L C ee CHENANGO im oh Pine Valley k o VALLEY e c contact period would match up almost exactly Cuba t S.P. Friendship Belmont VANDERMARK K o MARK TWAIN S.P. i n STATE FOREST ln with the map you see here. Chenango 88 Cr Scio eek Bridge TURKEY Horseheads Breesport OQUAGA RIDGE S.F. Painted Post CREEK S.P. Andover Corning A U West Clarksville Greenwood 86 E Wellsville Gang Mills T Johnson City Binghamton PINNACLE Chem Owego Richburg u Elmira A Endicott Olean Woodhull STATE PARK n g 81 Windsor Bolivar TWO RIVERS 17 Vestal 11 Deposit Southport NEWTOWN L STATE PARK BATTLEFIELD Portville 15 Pine City RECREATION Conklin The Landscape Whitesville P STATE PARK AREA Hale Eddy Wellsburg Over time, plate tectonics and cities, including Harrisburg, the New York Waverly New York New York Pennsylvania Elkland Pennsylvania other environmental forces capital of Pennsylvania. Almost Genesee Osceola Lawrenceville Pennsylvania Sayre Great Bend created a diverse terrain, giving 25 percent of the watershed Shinglehouse Nelson Athens Lanesboro Eldred Knoxville Hallstead rise to rolling hills and valleys, remains in agricultural use and Harrison Valley Oakland r Susquehanna yo C eek the Appalachian Mountains, over 60 percent of the watershed wa N 220 Os Potter Brook S Ulysses Westeld Tioga u SALT SPRINGS glacier-formed moraines and is forested. Although many of s STATE PARK q u boulders, and the fl at highlands these tracts are incorporated into e New Milford Sabinsville h A East Smitheld a Thompson of the Appalachian Plateau. The state forest reserves, much re- n Rome Ulster n Le Raysville Montrose The Headwaters: An Inspiration landscape covering this terrain is mains in private ownership. Only Smethport a Port Allegany HILLS Manseld The mighty Susquehanna begins amateur naturalist, Susan found a patchwork of forestlands and 27 percent, or 2.9 million acres, CREEK Sylvania MOUNT PISGAH 6 I S.P. at Otsego Lake, a beautiful nine- inspiration in the headwaters agricultural tracts, dotted with of the forests in the watershed Coudersport STATE PARK North Towanda Harford Roulette A DENTON HILL Troy South Montrose ll y mile-long lake named “Glim- and wrote Rural Hours, a collec- river towns like Sunbury, Penn- are protected, making conserva- eg en STATE PARK 6 Towanda Wysox h 6 k Crosby Covington e merglass” by the novelist of the tion of nature essays that has sylvania, and Havre de Grace, tion an immediate priority. Sweden Valley Galeton e Wellsboro r H 11 Leatherstocking Tales, James come to be recognized as one LYMAN RUN C Union Dale Maryland, and several small COLTON POINT 15 STATE PARK Monroeton Hop Bottom k LEONARD HARRISON c Fenimore Cooper. Lying at the of the classics in that genre. Her PATTERSON S.P. STATE PARK o STATE PARK Powell n Blossburg n south end of the source waters, work encouraged Henry David Morris Run Le Roy Wyalusing a TIOGA h CHERRY C PINE CREEK 81 Forest City the village of Cooperstown, N.Y., Thoreau in his writing of Walden PROUTY PLACE S.P.