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Letchworth State Park – The “Grand Canyon” of the East

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Letchworth State Park in western New York

I’ve been hearing about Letchworth State Park for years now.  “It’s the Grand Canyon of the East,” my husband has said to me on numerous occasions. Though I always kept it in mind, my need to visit this state park was cemented in 2015 when it was voted by USA Today readers as THE best state park in the United States.  For Labor Day weekend, we traveled to western New York and finally decided to make a day at Letchworth.  I must say, it lived up to all the hype!

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Beating the Heat at Wolf Creek Falls Preserve

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Wolf Creek Falls Preserve in upstate New York

How does one beat 94 degree weather during summer in New York state? Going for a nice walk under a canopy of trees along a fast-flowing creek works really well!  That’s what we did when we recently visited the Wolf Creek Falls Preserve in Knox, New York.

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