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Watkins Glen (Summer 2018)

I bought an Empire Pass (one year pass for all New York State parks) recently. I tried to use it at a local park but found out they weren't charging for parking during the week yet. So on Saturday I headed to Watkins Glen with a friend and hiked around a bit.

(Saturday June 9, 2018)

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New Park Entrance

They rennovated the park entrance and replaced the parking lot with grass, paths, and a visitors area. This was the second weekend it had been open, so they were still finishing things like the grassy areas.

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This all used to be a parking lot.

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Looking back to the road.

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Park employee watering a new tree.

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New benches, grass, and an employee watering the grass in the background.

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Suicidal trees that are just barely hanging onto the cliff edge.

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Areas where rass will be with watering hoses.

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More places of future grass and present watering hoses.


The Gorge Trail

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A view of Sentry Bridge.

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A picture of a picture taken of Sentry Bridge and a waterfall.

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Sentry Bridge in Watkins Glen.

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A waterfall just behind Sentry Bridge, visible from the ground.

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Looking up to the sky and the trees along the rim of the gorge.

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A close-up of the shale rock of the gorge.

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Another close-up of sedimentary rock.

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A flower by the edge of the trail.

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Looking up to the top of the gorge. It's summer, so everything is very green.


The View from Above

The first stop was the Sentry Bridge, which was visible in the previous pictures. Then it was up Couch's Staircase for a view from even higher up.

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Looking back to the street from the Sentry Bridge in Watkins Glen.

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Looking back to the street from the Sentry Bridge in Watkins Glen.

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A longer exposure gives waterfalls a blurry look.

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This looks more like how I see it (which I prefer) with a shorter exposure.

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Looking upstream to more waterfalls.

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Heading up to Couch's Staircase.

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Couch's Staircase at Watkins glen

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Version 1: Foreground (rock) in focus.

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Version 2: Background (park entrancae) in focus.

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Another close-up of the texture of the shale.

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A spider on the ground.


The Cavern Cascade

The path continues and goes behind the Cavern Cascade Waterfall. Here's a brief waterfall video from the far side of it.

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The Cavern Cascade Waterfall, between the sides of the gorge in the distance,...(more)

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Strong ligthing contrasts created by shafts of light in the gorge.

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Shooting into the sun, with the creek catching the light.

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The light from the top makes the leaves on the trees glow.

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The Cascade Waterfall glowing white in the sunlight in the dark gorge.

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The sunlight catches the mist from the Cavern Cascade waterfall.

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The waterfall mist catching the sunlight.

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The path goes behind the Cavern Cascade Waterfall.

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Looking down, there were 4 logs in the gorge. I took 3 shots, the first was...(more)

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The waterfall right before the path winds behind it.

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The view from under the waterfall.

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Another view from under the Cavern Cascade Waterfall.

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Above the dark gorge, the world is very green.

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More greenery above the Watkins Glen gorge.

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One more shot of trees and leaves above the gorge.

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Looking down to the creek, beyond a small well lit fern.


A View from Below

The Narrows and Glen Cathedral follow the Cavern Cascade. The Narrows is a wet, fern and mossy area and the Glen Cathedral.

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The Narrows at Watkins Glen.

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The Narrows at Watkins Glen.

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The Watkins Glen Suspension Bridge, 85 feet above Glen Creek.

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A silhouette of people crossing the Suspension Bridge over Watkins Glen.

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The Narrows at Watkins Glen.

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The Narrows at Watkins Glen.

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I think this is the Glen Cathedral area.

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A darker shot of reflections in the creek by the Glen Cathedral (?) area.

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Just past the Suspension Bridge.

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Not a good day for this pretty moth caught in a web.

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More waterfalls as we approach the Central Cascade bridge.

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Central Cascade bridge.

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Hobo HDR: I upped the brightness of the left half of the picture.




This page last modified Jun 13, 2018.
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