Evening star., 1933-09-24
FINGER LAKES GIVE .
WEEK END OUTING.
Watkins Glen Provides At
tractive Tour for District
Motorists.

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of the highly scenic Finger Lakes
region of New York. just few miles
north of the Pennsylvania boundary, is
the objective of an attractive motor
tour outlined by the American Motor
lists Association.
For the benefit of motorists who
seek delightful week end outing, or
more extended journey. this tour will
prove exceptionally alluring. The
distance from Washington to Watkins
Glen is approximately 276 miles.
From Washington the route leads
north over U. S. Route l to Baltimore.
Here U. S. Route Ill is used to Har-
risburg. Northward from Harrisburg
U. S. Route II is followed to Clarks
Ferry. where the Susquehanna River
is crossed. Amity Hall, Liverpool and
SelinsgroVe are passed to point be-
yond Shamokin Dam. where the
stream is recrossed to Northumber-
land
Traverse Scenic Regions.
Here the highway numerals change
to U. S. Route Ill as the journey
winds through highly scenic regions to
Williamsport, located in the heart of
Lycoming County. Still northWard
over the same highway the travellers
drive through wild, rugged natural
sections of Tioga County. Blossburg
and Mansfield are passed to Lawrence
vile, where the boundary is crossed
into New York State.
From this point the highway numer-
ais change to State Route 2. en- route
to Painted Post Here a right turn
into State Route II leads east through
Corning to HorseheadS. Here left
turn into State Route IA is made di-
rect to Watkins Glen. Nineteen dis
tinct waterfalls. with numerous cas-
cades and grottos form one of the
most scenic wonderlands in America.
Minnehaha Falls, Cavern Cascade and
Rainbow Falls are among the most
picturesque points to visit in the
famous glen, that extends for three
miles. surmounted by cliffs reaching a
height of 300 feet.
Side trips lead to scores Of points
In the Finger Lake section. North
ward from Horseheads over State Route
14A. one delightful journey leads be-
tween Lake Seneca and Lake Keuka
to Penn Van and Geneva. A second
journey winds through Ithaca, on the
shores of beautiful Lake Cayuga to
CORTLAND and the Lake Skaneateles
region. Throughout the entire famed
lakeland hovers the spirit of the red
man, who hunted. fiShed and fought in
this territory long before the white
man came. New York has converted
the Finger Lakes into a wonderful
its scenic beauty undisturbed in many
localities.
Buttermilk Creek, passing through
Ruttermilk Falls Park. a part OF the
Finger Lakes region, offers the unusual
sight of a drop of 500 feet in series
of 10 waterfalls and two gorges.
There is giant Taughannock Falls,
10 miles north of Ithaca on Cayuga
Lake These falls hurl themselves over
a precipice 215 feet high, forming the
highest straight falls east of the
Rockies. Here tract of 400 acres has
been made into State park.
Similar to Lake Lucerne.
Lake Lucerne, in Switzerland is al
most a counterpart of Lake Keuka.
The former is % miles long, one and
a half miles wide and is shaped like
rough cross with a crumpled end. Lake
Keuka is but slightly smaller and is
in the shape of the letter "Y." Lu-
cernes beauty is enhanced by snow
capped mountains: Keuka's by green
covered mountains, purpllng IN tne
distance.
There are many features of compari-
son between the Finger Lakes and
those abroad. But the European noun
tain lakes are aloof and remote,
while the Finger Lakes are friendly
and approachable. One doesn't think
of camp fire at Lake Como; the idea
is almost a deSecration. But the New
York lakes are the meeting place for
sportsmen, who sit by glowing embers
and relive their lives anew.
For the homeward journey State
Route IA is suggested from Watkins
Glen to Elmira, thence over New York
State Route II to Waverly and south
eastward over U. S. Route 220 and
q. S. Route 6. meeting the Lacka-
wanna Trail at Clark Summit. just
north of Scranton. The route travels
through rolling farmlands OF Northern
Pennsylvania and Southern New York
and affords many beautiful views be-
tween Towanda and Clark Summit.
The Lackawanna Trail, U. S. Route
Gil. is suggested from Scranton to
Portland. just south of the Delaware
Water Gap, thence to Martins Creek,
southwark through Easton and Doyles-
town to Philadelphia. From Phila-
delphia, U. S. Route l is used through
Conowingo and Baltimore to Wash