As a follow-up to our 40th Anniversary Walk and Celebration, our November walk takes us back to one of our favorite spots, Green Lakes State Park.
Green Lakes State Park’s outstanding features are its two glacial lakes surrounded by upland forest. Both Round and Green Lakes are meromictic lakes, which means that there is no fall and spring mixing of surface and bottom waters. Such lakes have a high potential for evidence of ancient plant and animal life. Round and Green Lakes are 2 of the just 17 meromictic lakes in the United States. Glacier Lake at Clark’s Reservation is also a meromictic lake as well as Ballston Lake in Albany and Devil’s Bathtub in Rochester.
Join us as we walk the lake trails of Round Lake (.9 mi) and Green Lake (1.9 mi) and the Tween Lakes Trail (.4 mi). We will meet near the West Beach Restrooms.
Directions
From the South/East: Take 81N toward Syracuse. Take exit 16A for Interstate 481 N toward DeWitt. Take exit 3E for NY-5 E/NY-92 E toward Fayetteville. Turn right onto NY-5 E/NY-92 E and use the middle 2 lanes to turn slightly left onto NY-5 E. In the Village of Fayetteville, turn left onto NY-257 N/N Manlius St. Continue onto NY-290 E. Turn right onto Green Lakes Dr. Continue along Green Lakes Dr. to the West Beach Parking lot. The restrooms are to the far left of the lot.
From the North/West: Take NY-481 S to DeWitt. Take exit 5E from I-481 S. Merge onto Kirkville Rd. Turn right onto Fremont Rd. Turn left onto NY-290 E. Turn right onto Green Lakes Dr. Continue along Green Lakes Dr. to the West Beach Parking lot. The restrooms are to the far left of the lot.
Get details and more in our November Footnotes newsletter.
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