Enfield Glen was the last of the four gorges we visited during our Finger Lakes trip. The other three gorges are Watkins Glen, Buttermilk Falls, Taughnnock Falls. A travel blogger called the hiking at these 4 gorges Finger Lakes Gorge Grand Slam Hike.
Enfield Glen has wide and flat bottom relative to Buttermilk Falls and Watkins Glen. We started downstream from the Glen at Finger Lakes Trail head at high way 13, right by the Enfield Creek. Walking through a camping ground at Treman State Park and entered the Enfield Glen.
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| Enfield Glen |
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| Enfield Creek |
The trail is pretty high above the creek at the Glen. We could not even see the creek for initial quarter mile. So we walked off the trail and got to the creek bed.
The tallest and most beautiful water falls in the Enfield Glen is Lucifer Falls. Upstream to the Lucifer Falls is a smaller falls and cradled into eroded rocks. We took a naughty photo of me standing from rock to sky with the water falls under my crotch.
On the returning hike, we stayed on the gorge trail, and we saw people on the top of the cliff opposite to the Lucifer Falls on rim trail, and then people at the plunge pool of the Lucifer Falls. We decided to cross the creek to the rim trail, and arrived at the plunge pool of Lucifer Falls. We "climbed" the low rock cliff to get to the plunge pool, and Lily got to the bottom of the Falls. This exploration made the hike exciting!
The round trip was more than 10km, and the longest hike we had during the Finger Lakes Trip - a great closure of our Finger Lakes trip.
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| wider section of the creek |
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| Cut deep at Creek bed |
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| Reflection of a cliff at a pool of the creek |
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| The hangover cliff |
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| Lucifer Falls from side |
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| Lucifer Falls viewed from the plunge pool-Lily at the plunge pool |
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| Superman! from optical illusion |
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