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You may also want to check the NASCAR schedule to make sure there are no events happening when you plan to visit.įlow: Moderate to low. The Gorge Trail is closed in winter and the upper reaches of the park are frequently used for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Size/Types: A variety of waterfalls, including small staircase, cascades, dripping curtains, punchbowls, plunges and chutes ranging from a few feet to 60 feet high.īest time to visit: Spring and fall mornings, during the week. Spring has low visitor traffic, high flow, and bright yellow colors in the surrounding foliage. Summer brings more tourists, low flow, and hot weather, when combined with the humidity, can make the hike slightly unpleasant. Fall brings back mild weather, sometimes more flow, and beautiful orange and yellow leaves that dust the dull gray rock of the glen. North Entrance: Parking for about 25 cars at the south end of the loop.South Entrance: Parking for about 100 cars near the main pavilion and swimming pool.Adjacent to the entrance is another, smaller lot, but it typically fills up first. Main Entrance: Parking for roughly 50 cars across from the main (east) entrance to the park.Parking: There are three main parking areas in the park, but the main entrance is the best place if you will be walking the Gorge Trail.
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The park entrance is in the middle of the village, to your right. Glen Creek Pond dam: (N 42.37028 / W 76.89696)ĭirections: From the Thruway, take exit 42 (Geneva/Lyons) and follow Rt 14 south, through Geneva, and continue south along Seneca Lake for 33 miles to the village of Watkins Glen. Maps: Google Map Bing Map Topographic Campground Map Park Map Trail Map Interactive map. I hope I've captured a small bit of the willow tree's magic in my painting.Location: South of Seneca Lake In the village of Watkins Glen in the town of Dix Schuyler County New York.Īddress: Route 14, Watkins Glen, NY 14891 They are all light and movement and transparency. They don't form shapes that have a light side and a dark side. The willow tree branches are not solid at all. Painting a willow is an amazing challenge. This particular willow was at the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island. An old willow is undeniably a special tree! (The bark of the willow is actually filled with salicin, a precursor to aspirin.) Countless myths and legends from throughout the world give the willow special spiritual powers. Native Americans used willow bark to relieve pain and fever. Many cultures give the willow tree magical properties or special significance.
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You were hidden inside the tree in a special place.
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Perhaps, as the wind made the graceful branches sway, a calm and restful feeling came over you. There might have been a pond or stream nearby reflecting the sparking light. Sometime in your life, you probably sat underneath a willow tree and watched the light stream in through the branches. Oh, to age with the grace and beauty of a trillium! And of course the little tree frog hides among the leaves, suggesting that life is in balance as it should be, and it is all part of the greater cycle of things. The shadow is rather menacing and dark - like the shadow of what is to come, yet on the trillium shines. The trillium is surrounded by dead and dried ferns, symbols of the last season's passed life. The flower becomes more beautiful, more rich in color and intensity as it dies. The trillium painting subconsciously became more of a contemplation of graceful aging than the cheerful flower painting I had originally intended. I had a birthday while I was working on this and growing older was rattling around in my mind as I painted. These trilliums begin as white as snow, and after they are fertilized and begin to die, they become even more beautiful by turning pink or red. I selected a photo from my garden of a native trillium. My original plan with this painting was to paint a small, simple cheerful flower.