Fillmore Glen State Park

Allan H. Treman State Marine Park

"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built." —Eleanor Roosevelt

On our way back from the Lavender Festival on Saturday we stopped by Fillmore Glen State Park. It's an oasis of cool, dense woods crowding into a long, narrow gorge. The hiking trails offer spectacular views, unique geological formations, a botanically rich glen and five more beautiful waterfalls. The park was named for President Millard Fillmore, who was born in a log cabin about five miles from the park. 

We hiked the Gorge Trail that crosses a series of eight bridges as it follows Dry Creek up the glen. We felt like we were walking through a rainforest...lush vines and ferns, water seeping from the ground and small waterfalls coming into the creek from the cliffs. It truly was an oasis on a summer day.

Trail Map...we hiked the trail marked in red

The swimming area at the lower portion of the glen

The "Cowsheds" is a huge recess in the cliff next to the Lower Falls at the beginning of the glen. It is said that cattle would come up here to escape the summer heat in the days before the this area was a state park

Above the Lower Falls

Bridge one

Bridge two

Bridge three and view upstream

Bridge four

Bridge five and six, view from bridge six

Just past bridge six

One of the many falls coming into the glen

Bridge seven and the view looking upstream

Below bridge eight

The dam in the upper portion of the glen

Bridge nine

 The main waterfall in the upper portion of the glen

A few of the plants in the glen