Horseshoe Falls — Attraction in City of Ithaca

Best access to trail that leads down to falls is a small parking area on Falls Branch drive that allows one access to one of Cornell’s University’s suspension bridges. This bridge is pretty cool, 140’ above water in gorge and 270’ end to end. Turn right at end of bridge and walk along paved path until you encounter kiosk. Turn Rt at kiosk and follow switchback slate walkway that leads to viewing platform at bottom of gorge. This falls is also referred to as Foaming falls in several online articles. With good water flow this falls is a vertical drop that soon hits several chasms that redistribute the flow in numerous directions. At the viewing platform, the top of the falls to Forest falls can be seen to your left. Many who post feel that Rocky Falls, which is the one which starts above the hydroelectric generation building is all one in the same and they are separate. I would suggest microspikes to get down this trail in winter months as it is...

The bridge was nice, and the parking was hard to find. Views are nice as well. There is at least one emergency phone just in case, and also, security cameras at the entrance of the bridge. It did sway as others started walking on from the other end, so I'm sure in the wind it would sway more. Quick and nice stop on the way to other falls in the area and definitely worth the...

This is a beautiful walking path over a suspension bridge in the middle of the Cornell campus. If you're visiting campus, the view of the Falls Creek Gorge from this vista is quite impressive. We parked on Stewart Avenue near the Alpha Sigma Phi house where you can see the suspension bridge, then walked uphill to the bridge on the nearby path. ...