Seneca Lake Kayak — Attraction in Town of Dix

Amazing, amazing amazing!!! Our day was rainy and super windy but it was the most amazing experience. Paul and his niece were amazing! They were kind, funny and wonderful. We started off our trip with a safety lesson and some chuckles where Paul tried to learn our names and failed epically. He joked that even though he explained all of this before hand we would forget it all when we got to the water but we assured him that we would make him proud. Lo and behold, one in our group who for the purposes of this review we shall name Claudia, started drifting to the center of the lake because apparently her hands were not made for paddling, they were only made for waving maniacally at others. Paul went after our lost friend disregarding our pleas that she should "take one for the team" (kidding). He towed her back with the group where we then joined up all of our boats together which was like trying to parallel park in water. Quite nutty. We made it and held on to each other to be rewarded with story time. Many moons later, we kayaked along the coast toward the beautiful Hector falls. We got out out of our handy dandy kayaks and admired the beautiful falls and thought wow, this was most certainly worth it but sneaky Paul had a surprise in store for us. We were able to climb the falls and get pictures in the falls itself and gallop around like little kids who were just given a world of candy. It was FAB U LOUS! After our parade of corny poses under the falls, we began the journey of our upwind travel back to our origins. Right off the bat, Claudia's kayak which was apparently controlling her, decided it wanted to go to the middle of the lake again and Paul in his magnaimousness tied off our paddle challenged friend to his boat and assisted her all the way back. The entire experience in itself was worth the 5 hour drive from the city. I absolutely loved every second and yes even Claudia did too who now insists that her drift to the center was to be adventurous.... Oh Claudia Claudia...

Beautiful park, ample space for private time with family and group

Considerably big park, right next to busy road is a rare thing. On top of that having a beautiful lake, the biggest one of the finger lakes, Seneca Lake, adds double glory. Further add different picnic options- plenty of tables, chairs, barbecue setups. They are well placed to provide privacy to different groups while also inviting multiple groups. Further add, various options like swings, slides etc, basketball court for middle aged kids etc.

The beach area is well marked and secured. There are provisions for lifeguards but when I was there during sunset I saw none.

A bit of let down, when you have to use the restrooms. At such prime location, for such a beautiful natural setup; administration can spend a bit more to take quality care of restrooms for better...

I bring my family to Clute (Lakeside) Park a lot. They have a lot of events on the property throughout the year. There is a lot you can do for a family outing. Grills and tables are positioned all over the park, a few little and big kid play grounds, a basketball court, a small skate park, and swimming area with lifeguards.There are small rocks as you first walk into the water but other than that its not bad to play in or swim. They have a food and beverage stand and a large pavilion you can rent. The bathroom can use some updating but it's not to different from a pool or beach bathroom. . During the summer time you have to pay $5 to park in the parking lot. Across the street is a campground for those with campers which has a large baseball field. The camp grounds are not part...