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Cayuga County HEALTHY CHOICES TRAILS 6 BE A… MODEL HEALTHY CHOICES Distance 2.5 miles Difficulty ★ ★ ★ Approx. Time 1 hour Cayuga County Health Department 2015 ---PAGE BREAK--- 6 3 CAYUGA VILLAGE RECREATION 2.Lake Shore Section – Out and back only. Starts at the Village Offices at Harris Park, site of the original New York Central RR station and follows the shore. Great sunsets year-round. Migratory waterfowl in fall and spring. This trail is near an active railroad line. 2A. Pocket Park DO NOT CROSS RAILROAD TRACKS AT ANY TIME. 3. Wellness Way – Nature path through the grounds of the Cayuga Wellness Center, a holistic healing center. 4. Cayuga Village Cemetery – Resting place of Cayuga’s earliest founders of the 1860’s from the Village’s industrial heydays. 5. Berry Patch Loop - Upland animals i.e. deer, fox, rabbits, song birds, turkey’s etc. 6. Fitness Spur– Six exercise stations located in an idyllic wooded area. 7. McIntosh Park - Site of the Village sports fields. Great area for viewing raptors and upland animals. 8.Genesee Street – Route of the historic Old Seneca Turnpike which ended at the lakeshore. The end of the turnpike was the site of the former Cayuga Long Bridge across Cayuga Lake, the longest bridge in the western hemisphere from 1800-1857 1. Harris Park – This park is named for John Harris, the first settler of Cayuga. This Cayuga Lake waterfront property offers a summer concert series, picnic areas, swimming beach, accessible fishing boardwalk and restrooms. 9. Kayak Launch – Access to NYS DEC islands (un-named), the Seneca River, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Cayuga Lake. Village of Cayuga 6205 Railroad Street Cayuga, NY 13034 CAYUGA LAKE CENTER ST. To Auburn 90 GENESEE ST. WHEAT ST. 2A LAKE RD. P P P 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 4