When I think of Watkins Glen, I think of the 1973 "Summer Jam" with The Allman Brothers Band, The Band, and the Dead. Did not know it was such a beautiful place!
I grew up there and watching this sure brought back many memories. Not much has changed there in 60 yrs. They used to have a rest area where you could wade out into the water along with some stone chairs to sit.
I grew up in western NY. Watkins Glen is my absolute favorite park in the world! I've been there countless times as a kid. Now I live in Oregon, near the Columbia gorge, and though a beautiful area, it doesn't compare. There is nothing like Watkins Glen, it's like being safe in the busom of mother nature herself. Thanks for the video, you made me a little bit homesick for NY, in a good way.
Also grew up in western NY and have been to the gorge and track many times, can’t decide which is better. Guess it all depends what you’re looking for!!
Hi Cliff, what a stunningly beautiful park and very well maintained too. So many gorgeous waterfalls which are my favourite, I could sit and watch them all day. Thank you for showing us such a magnificent location. x
Oh boy, what a beautiful place! Thank you for taking us there. I can’t walk very far so I appreciate your videos and taking me to places I can never get to! I love them.
That was a unique water falls, looked like it was flowing from the side. I just can't get over the terrific force of the waters its really something.The beautiful rocks how could that be its just out of this world, the beauty is awsome. Boy the mountians must be filled with water,, do they ever go dry or empty? I am just aw struch with so much water. Its mind blasting.
The flow of water was pretty high for August, there had to have been rain or thunderstorms a day or two before Cliff’s visit. A lot of places you saw small waterfalls and dripping from the side walls would stop after a couple days without rain. I’ve visited the park at least 20 times over the course of the last 50 years, I’ve never seen the main water flow completely dry up. It’s amazing in Autumn.
My mother and I went through Watkins Glen in the 60's but didn't know about this beautiful park; if we had we would have certainly visited it and taken many pictures! Thank you for sharing your visit with us and showing the wondrous beauty of our country.
My brother-in-law owns land and lives above the railroad bridge at the top of the park. Many times when we visited we'd walk to town through the gorge. Sometimes they light it up in the evening for special events. A wondrous place!
I've always wanted to visit here! Just try to imagine the centuries upon centuries that the water took from the top to the bottom to show the levels in the rock! The water all started at the top. Thank You for sharing something I will never see!
What an amazingly beautiful place on Mother Earth! I've never been there but I think it just went on my bucket list. Thanks so much for taking us here WW! With all those layers of stone I wonder if there are any fossils? Seems like a good place for them. What a huge amount of effort in making the trails and stone walls! This is video to watch over in the winter when it's hard to imagine how things become so grow over and green. Living in the woods I'm always amazed year after year how I can see long distances in the woods and in summer, can't see beyond the edges. We live in a beautiful land. Thanks So Much WW! What an exciting and enjoyable trip. It is something one should see and experience in their lifetime. Peace and Balance and Travel in the Woodlands! DaveyJO
LoVe that Place! When I was late teen's, 20's the Indian Path turned into a proper path at the top. Haven't been there in a looong time. We always got lucky when ever we stopped in it wasn't busy. Was a Great pizza joint up there Pudgie's Pizza. And Sunset Ice-cream too. Yum
Watkins Glen was my dream destination for years....have been there a couple times and fell in love with it right away. Thanks for letting me run through again from my office chair. Seems more crowded than when I went so many years ago. God's country. Have fun.
My family was driving Watkins Glen on vacation and had to go through a pretty bad tourist trap traffic, but turning lemons into lemonade, I looked to the west and saw what appeared to be a waterfall. I decided that I would hike up to it on some down time. My family and I were pleasantly surprised by the number of waterfalls and the beauty of the trail. I expressed to my children multiple times how the work put into the trail is very impressive, and would have taken lots of effort to build and maintain. It is a beautiful place!
Hi Cliff: I'm posting this comment in July 2022, just discovered your channel a couple weeks ago and have watched many of your videos so far. I've lived my whole life here in Upstate NY. Currently I reside in Elmira, NY which is only about 25 mi from Watkins Glen. I drive there several times during the Summer and walk this trail. Back in late 1980s to mid 1990s I lived in a small town only a mile or so from Watkins Glen and used to walk this trail (and all the other trails on the South Rim) all the time. When I noticed today you had a video where you walked The Gorge Trail back in 2019 when you were in NYS on business, I had to watch it. Great video, hope you get back up in this area again. Also, you were right, it is best to come on weekday. However, if you're able to get to the Trail prior to 8am, it is normally a lot less busy than even what you experienced. Sometimes you have almost all the trail for yourself early in the morning. And yes, the park is stunning and a gem that we have here in NYS. Anyone who hasn't experienced it should try to sometime. Take care...
What an amazing place. Thank you for taking us! And if I may say, in the light when you stopped, I could tell how beautifully blue your eyes are. 😊 Joanne
Check out Fillmore Glen in Moravia, NY. It’s similar and there’s a cemetery there too. Also Letchworth in Livingston County NY. It’s known as the Grand Canyon of the east.
With my bad knees & arthritis , I'm not sure if I can do it , but if I get the opportunity I will definitely try walking all those steps ! Thanks for sharing !
This has been on my bucket list since I read about it in an issue of National Geographic when I was a kid. Even though it's the kind of developed park I don't really care for these days, I still want to see it. In a couple or three years, maybe.
Love it! Did you stop to get some roadside chicken? 😁 Head on over to tagghannock and buttermilk falls!!! Equally beautiful!!! Or go to the grist iron brewery! My friends are the owners!
@@thewanderingwoodsman7227 well, maybe next time! It's called prisebox! It's the fireman/cornell chicken!!! It's a vinegar base, and it's sooooooo good! Esoecially w corn and salt potatoes!!!
Hiya Folk up on a work trip 😉😉😉 great job site lolololol I know you are out teaching but Beautiful Place the falls and I can still hear you over them too lolololol , Great Videos Brother till the next Take Care FOLK Indeed 👌
Very interesting and very beautiful . The waterfalls are beautiful to see and hear . The green upon the cliffs is just lovely . Thank you for the video .
I finally went there in May of this year. Took a few pictures. Learning photography or a least trying. Lol man those steps at the end of the trail... brutal lol
There are many State Parks in the Finger Lakes region that are very similar to Watkins Glen . Robert Treman State park is a good example of CCC work done many many decades ago. Beautiful stone steps and bridges built during the CCC days .
That whole thing is beautiful and as you say totally Awesome. My kind of place. So glad you can show this to us who can no longer do our own exploring. Between asthma and arthritis i would not have passed the first tier of steps. Thank you so very much. I miss wandering around interesting places. I have to ask. From other videos with JP. Is it heights that bother you or do you have Vertigo?
Thank you a thousand times for your video of this place I’ve longed to visit for many years! Your film is the best because you give us an opportunity to actually drink in the beauty. Thank you for your lingering, easy going way of life and how it translates into your videos! Can a person drive to the top and walk all the way down? God bless you and thanks again!
Amazing location ! awesome sedimentary rock formation I wonder if there any fossils ? A lot of man hours to build that walkway . Looks like it was done by CCC workers ?
Well done.🙂 I live about a half hour north so it’s been frequented, even as a child, but you are the first to do a fairly full video, not just a short moment at one or two spots. (that I have seen) Quite appreciated, in order to show others who are at a distance. The water was at low flow but nice to see the smaller falls off the sides still dripping well. Was nice to see the enthusiasm of a first time visitor. I’ll add that the souvenir shop is at the end of Jacob’s Ladder and the state park pool is near that. Campgrounds are also connected to the Glen.
Great video cliff could spend a lot of time looking at the magnificent views Watkins is my family's name which is Welsh wonder where the connection is?xx
Been there 3 times over the years , always find something I didn't see before twice we got off Indian trail and walked through the Cemetery to left of trail . Now I like to go again but at 78 I don't think I could walk that far .
The steps aren't that bad. They are not very high, and there's a ton of shade. I've gone w babies in backpacks when ive3been out of shape, but tne stone stairs can get slippery.👍
If you would of kept going strait after the bridge you would of seen the olympic size pool camping area. There is also a camping area. Ive been camping every year there. In fact was there a week in July. My favorite time to walk the gorge is spring or fall. Walked it so many times. ❤❤❤. Nice video ty!!!
I'm from New York and it truly has incredible natural areas
Thanks, you and Aquachigger are my favorite channels on Utube. Even a Texan like me must say ya'll are exceptional people.
When I think of Watkins Glen, I think of the 1973 "Summer Jam" with The Allman Brothers Band, The Band, and the Dead. Did not know it was such a beautiful place!
Can never think of Watkins Glen without thinking of Grateful Dead, Allmans, and The Band! None the less, this is a lovely park. Enjoy!!
1973....Bigger than Woodstock!
Huge fan of The Dead, The Band and the Brothers
The park service did a nice job of fusing man's creation with God's creation rather seamlessly. I really liked the tunnels.
This has to be one of the, if not the most beautiful spots you have filmed.
We loved the hike. Pro Tip: don’t go late on Sunday or you’ll have to call the Sheriff to come and take you back to your car.
I grew up there and watching this sure brought back many memories. Not much has changed there in 60 yrs. They used to have a rest area where you could wade out into the water along with some stone chairs to sit.
I grew up in western NY. Watkins Glen is my absolute favorite park in the world! I've been there countless times as a kid. Now I live in Oregon, near the Columbia gorge, and though a beautiful area, it doesn't compare. There is nothing like Watkins Glen, it's like being safe in the busom of mother nature herself. Thanks for the video, you made me a little bit homesick for NY, in a good way.
Also grew up in western NY and have been to the gorge and track many times, can’t decide which is better. Guess it all depends what you’re looking for!!
Hi Cliff, what a stunningly beautiful park and very well maintained too. So many gorgeous waterfalls which are my favourite, I could sit and watch them all day. Thank you for showing us such a magnificent location. x
What a beautiful place & so many water falls !
Must place to visit ! Wow !!!!
This place is just unbelievable !!!
Stony Brook State Park is equally beautiful!!! There are a ton of cool places to see around that area!!!👍👍👍
wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow , look what you did, made me like a little dog continually barking the purest expression of praise
Oh boy, what a beautiful place! Thank you for taking us there. I can’t walk very far so I appreciate your videos and taking me to places I can never get to! I love them.
That was a unique water falls, looked like it was flowing from the side. I just can't get over the terrific force of the waters its really something.The beautiful rocks how could that be its just out of this world, the beauty is awsome. Boy the mountians must be filled with water,, do they ever go dry or empty? I am just aw struch with so much water. Its mind blasting.
The flow of water was pretty high for August, there had to have been rain or thunderstorms a day or two before Cliff’s visit. A lot of places you saw small waterfalls and dripping from the side walls would stop after a couple days without rain. I’ve visited the park at least 20 times over the course of the last 50 years, I’ve never seen the main water flow completely dry up. It’s amazing in Autumn.
Just thinking how hard it was to build the trails and steps through the Gorge.
My mother and I went through Watkins Glen in the 60's but didn't know about this beautiful park; if we had we would have certainly visited it and taken many pictures! Thank you for sharing your visit with us and showing the wondrous beauty of our country.
How is this not a National Park? How have I never seen this before? Just put this on my list. Thanks Woodsman!
It truly is beautiful.
My parents have gone there several times. They always rave at how beautiful it is,
Thank you so much for this tour. Watkins glen has been on my bucket list and now its a definite! One of the most beautiful places ever.
This is a great video of the Gorge, I was there a couple weeks ago. Your video is so real my legs started to ache again. Lots of stairs.
My brother-in-law owns land and lives above the railroad bridge at the top of the park. Many times when we visited we'd walk to town through the gorge. Sometimes they light it up in the evening for special events. A wondrous place!
Nature's purification system is incredible
I've always wanted to visit here! Just try to imagine the centuries upon centuries that the water took from the top to the bottom to show the levels in the rock! The water all started at the top. Thank You for sharing something I will never see!
What an amazingly beautiful place on Mother Earth! I've never been there but I think it just went on my bucket list. Thanks so much for taking us here WW! With all those layers of stone I wonder if there are any fossils? Seems like a good place for them. What a huge amount of effort in making the trails and stone walls! This is video to watch over in the winter when it's hard to imagine how things become so grow over and green. Living in the woods I'm always amazed year after year how I can see long distances in the woods and in summer, can't see beyond the edges. We live in a beautiful land. Thanks So Much WW! What an exciting and enjoyable trip. It is something one should see and experience in their lifetime. Peace and Balance and Travel in the Woodlands! DaveyJO
Thanks for a beautiful video from a great area. What a way to end a hot day at work. Thanks so much.
LoVe that Place! When I was late teen's, 20's the Indian Path turned into a proper path at the top. Haven't been there in a looong time. We always got lucky when ever we stopped in it wasn't busy. Was a Great pizza joint up there Pudgie's Pizza. And Sunset Ice-cream too. Yum
Watkins Glen was my dream destination for years....have been there a couple times and fell in love with it right away. Thanks for letting me run through again from my office chair. Seems more crowded than when I went so many years ago. God's country. Have fun.
That is gorgeous Cliff! My brother and his wife go often for racing out there. Never have been myself. Thank you for this :) ♡
Wow! What a place! Awesome filming, Cliff. Thanks for the adventure!?
Amazing !!! Not for someone like me who is afraid of heights and water. I thank you for showing us.
It looks scary but it is totally safe and you might just conquer a few fears melodie 😊
The roar of the water....wow.......
Thanks for sharing one of my favorite places on earth! I spent may great times there as a child and miss it very much.
Wow !! So much beauty in one place !! 💜💜
My family was driving Watkins Glen on vacation and had to go through a pretty bad tourist trap traffic, but turning lemons into lemonade, I looked to the west and saw what appeared to be a waterfall. I decided that I would hike up to it on some down time. My family and I were pleasantly surprised by the number of waterfalls and the beauty of the trail. I expressed to my children multiple times how the work put into the trail is very impressive, and would have taken lots of effort to build and maintain. It is a beautiful place!
Really stunning so many falls, thank you for sharing!
Absolutely Amazing and Beautiful Thanks so much for sharing!
Hi Cliff: I'm posting this comment in July 2022, just discovered your channel a couple weeks ago and have watched many of your videos so far. I've lived my whole life here in Upstate NY. Currently I reside in Elmira, NY which is only about 25 mi from Watkins Glen. I drive there several times during the Summer and walk this trail. Back in late 1980s to mid 1990s I lived in a small town only a mile or so from Watkins Glen and used to walk this trail (and all the other trails on the South Rim) all the time. When I noticed today you had a video where you walked The Gorge Trail back in 2019 when you were in NYS on business, I had to watch it. Great video, hope you get back up in this area again. Also, you were right, it is best to come on weekday. However, if you're able to get to the Trail prior to 8am, it is normally a lot less busy than even what you experienced. Sometimes you have almost all the trail for yourself early in the morning. And yes, the park is stunning and a gem that we have here in NYS. Anyone who hasn't experienced it should try to sometime. Take care...
What a beautiful place. I don’t live on the east coast but if I ever make it to the area this will for sure be on my list of places to see!
What an amazing place. Thank you for taking us! And if I may say, in the light when you stopped, I could tell how beautifully blue your eyes are. 😊 Joanne
Very Good Video.........
Robert Treman and Taughannock falls are also good nearby state parks up your ally.
I've been begging them to go to Stony Brook State Park!😁 Letchworth is very beautiful, too, but Stony is kind of the unsung hero.👍😊
Check out Fillmore Glen in Moravia, NY. It’s similar and there’s a cemetery there too. Also Letchworth in Livingston County NY. It’s known as the Grand Canyon of the east.
I was just in Niagara Falls this past week.. if I would have seen this video before today. I would have driven to see this beautiful place.
Never tire of looking at such beautiful waterfall . We have driven by them but never stop. I really enjoyed this video.
Thank you for this shared video......just enjoyed it so much
So beautiful! Your filming was excellent, felt like we were there with you. Thank you for sharing and keep up the great work!!
With my bad knees & arthritis , I'm not sure if I can do it , but if I get the opportunity I will definitely try walking all those steps !
Thanks for sharing !
@@HikeForLife23 if I get there I will !
Still live in western Washington ! Definitely want to do it !
This has been on my bucket list since I read about it in an issue of National Geographic when I was a kid. Even though it's the kind of developed park I don't really care for these days, I still want to see it. In a couple or three years, maybe.
Love it! Did you stop to get some roadside chicken? 😁
Head on over to tagghannock and buttermilk falls!!! Equally beautiful!!! Or go to the grist iron brewery! My friends are the owners!
No chicken
@@thewanderingwoodsman7227 well, maybe next time! It's called prisebox! It's the fireman/cornell chicken!!! It's a vinegar base, and it's sooooooo good! Esoecially w corn and salt potatoes!!!
Beautiful
Check out Watkins’s glen in the winter!!! Some parts of the trail get closed down due to ice buts it’s still amazing
Amazing place! One can burn off extra calories going up those steps on the trails.
He didnt even get to the top!!! He was close. At the top is a place to buy things and go to the bathroom
That’s one of the best places I have ever seen fantastic views Thanks for sharing Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺👍👍👍🐨
Hiya Folk up on a work trip 😉😉😉 great job site lolololol I know you are out teaching but Beautiful Place the falls and I can still hear you over them too lolololol , Great Videos Brother till the next Take Care FOLK Indeed 👌
Very interesting and very beautiful . The waterfalls are beautiful to see and hear . The green upon the cliffs is just lovely . Thank you for the video .
I finally went there in May of this year. Took a few pictures. Learning photography or a least trying. Lol man those steps at the end of the trail... brutal lol
This place is so incredibly gorgeous!!! It keeps on giving on every trail. Thank you for taking us here!!!
Thanks so much this is great as all your vids r on my bucket list enjoy
There are many State Parks in the Finger Lakes region that are very similar to Watkins Glen . Robert Treman State park is a good example of CCC work done many many decades ago. Beautiful stone steps and bridges built during the CCC days .
I have been there many times. I don't like far from there. Great share.
This is on our ever growing bucket list to visit. Loved seeing it through your eyes. Thanks for sharing!
That whole thing is beautiful and as you say totally Awesome. My kind of place.
So glad you can show this to us who can no longer do our own exploring. Between asthma and arthritis i would not have passed the first tier of steps.
Thank you so very much. I miss wandering around interesting places.
I have to ask. From other videos with JP. Is it heights that bother you or do you have Vertigo?
No vertigo just heights
What a lovely place. I would love to see how all those steps were made. I added this place to my bucket list. Thanks for sharing.
Nice calming video of the hike. I really enjoyed it recently as well and filmed a similar video, was curious what else was out there :)
Just beautiful ❤️
A wonder place Thank you for putting on TH-cam your a blessing
Love this trail! We start at the top!
What an incredible place! Thanks for sharing your adventures
Thank you for sharing that gorgeous scenery with us.
Kind a like Ithaca I lived there for 2and a half years
Unbelievable that they took the time to build the walkways
That is an awesome place, thanks for taking us along. I hope to visit there someday 😊
What a beautiful place! I am only about 4 hrs from there. I could def do an overnight trip out there.
Thank you a thousand times for your video of this place I’ve longed to visit for many years! Your film is the best because you give us an opportunity to actually drink in the beauty. Thank you for your lingering, easy going way of life and how it translates into your videos!
Can a person drive to the top and walk all the way down?
God bless you and thanks again!
Absolutely beautiful thank you for the mini vacation
What a great spot thanks for taking us with you.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful park. Brings back very many fond memories.
Amazing location ! awesome sedimentary rock formation I wonder if there any fossils ? A lot of man hours to build that walkway . Looks like it was done by CCC workers ?
Hi. I grew up in the area, and there are a ton of fossils and arrowheads. Watkins was forged by ice glaciers, and you're right about the fossils!🤗
Thank you !
not sure who made the steps
Well done.🙂 I live about a half hour north so it’s been frequented, even as a child, but you are the first to do a fairly full video, not just a short moment at one or two spots. (that I have seen) Quite appreciated, in order to show others who are at a distance. The water was at low flow but nice to see the smaller falls off the sides still dripping well. Was nice to see the enthusiasm of a first time visitor. I’ll add that the souvenir shop is at the end of Jacob’s Ladder and the state park pool is near that. Campgrounds are also connected to the Glen.
Went there today . I'm a bought an hour away.stunning
Gorgeous gorge , Thanks for taking us along.
Thank you for sharing places that I would never see! It is truly amazing and beautiful! Great job!
Love Watkins Glen...
Awesome waterfall
Very nice video, wonderful place, thank you.
I've been to Watkins Glen. Beautiful place. The people that made these walkways, steps and railings had a scary job.
Great video cliff could spend a lot of time looking at the magnificent views
Watkins is my family's name which is Welsh wonder where the connection is?xx
Tip: Go early in the day to beat the crowds...
Beautiful place, thanks for sharing
Been there 3 times over the years , always find something I didn't see before twice we got off Indian trail and walked through the Cemetery to left of trail . Now I like to go again but at 78 I don't think I could walk that far .
Planning to go here in a few days.... all that step climbing is some exercise eh? Beautiful visuals ✌🏻
Nice
Good thing your in good shape.
The steps aren't that bad. They are not very high, and there's a ton of shade. I've gone w babies in backpacks when ive3been out of shape, but tne stone stairs can get slippery.👍
Wow !!! Beautiful place !!!!
If you would of kept going strait after the bridge you would of seen the olympic size pool camping area. There is also a camping area. Ive been camping every year there. In fact was there a week in July. My favorite time to walk the gorge is spring or fall. Walked it so many times. ❤❤❤. Nice video ty!!!
Very cool to see this video. Love it there, my best friends have a home on Second St. 5 min away from park.
never been there....looks awesome!!👍
Cool
That was totally fantastic
The state campgrounds there is pretty nice also. I usually camp there 2x/year
Been camping there 25 years