Watkins Glen State Park, NY

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Watkins Glen began to form 12,000 years ago, during the last ice age.  Great continental glaciers from Canada had excavated an immense trough in an ancient river valley, leaving behind 35 mile long Seneca Lake, the deepest of the finger Lakes.  Glen Creek has poured down the glacially steepened valley side ever since, slowly eroding this gorge through the weak sedimentary rocks, a process which continues at this very moment.  The elevation rise from beginning to end of the glen is about 490'.

For more info on Watkins Glen visit: www.nysparks.state.ny.us

(And yes, that's Alice way up near the top of the fall)