Lucifer Falls

Lucifer Falls is the feature attraction of Robert H. Treman State Park near Ithaca, New York in the Finger Lakes area. Situated in the picturesque Enfield Glen, an established walk amongst the shale and segmented gorge cliffs alongside cascades gives you the type of scenery more typical of canyoneering adventures in the desert Southwest! Except in this case, the walks are easy enough to even allow a well-dressed wedding party to reach the falls (as was the case during our visit).

We didn't do the longer 3-hour loop along both the Gorge and Rim Trails that would've also taken in the Lower Falls. Instead, we started from the upper parking area near an Old Mill, which was very popular car park. The walk from here immediately goes through the scenic narrow gorge and some picturesque smaller cascades on the way to Lucifer Falls. We also noticed interesting football-looking pods by the falls. It was almost as if someone with tremendous accuracy managed to chuck footballs on the other side of the falls.

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Cascades in the scenic Enfield Glen

A pretty cascade on the way down

The "footballs" on the other side of the falls