Resources
The Cayuga Nature Center provides indoor and outdoor programs and exhibits that encourage visitors to explore and understand the natural history of the Cayuga Lake Basin as part of the regional and global ecosystems.
The Cayuga Waterfront Trail is a 5.5-mile, multi-use trail providing an active, non-motorized transportation and recreation way connecting our community's most popular waterfront destinations.
Cornell Botanic Gardens consist of 25 acres of botanical gardens and 150 acres of the F.R. Newman Arboretum. The greater Botanic Gardens includes 40 different natural areas around Cornell and Ithaca, covering 4,300 acres. All sites are open and free to the public, from dawn to dusk, year-round.
Our mission is to interpret and conserve the earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds. Explore the Visitor Center and over 6 miles of trails. Free and open to the public.
Cornell Outdoor Education enhances academic performance and success in the workplace by developing leadership, teamwork and personal achievement through experience-based education in the outdoor environment at Cornell University and around the world.
The Cornell Outing Club is one of the oldest student organizations at Cornell. We offer students the chance to develop outdoors skills, leadership experience, and form lifetime bonds, all in an environment of mutual help and assistance.
The Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) was founded in 1989 to protect forests, farmlands, gorges, and shorelines in the Finger Lakes region of New York. We have saved over 24,000 acres by creating public nature preserves and helping landowners to conserve their beloved properties.
Ithaca Children’s Garden is a 3-acre public children’s garden designed for kids, enjoyed by all, and driven by a mission to connect children to nature to create a more beautiful, resilient and just world.
Greater Ithaca and Tompkins County Trails offers numerous hikes for the outdoor activity of your choosing. With breathtaking views and easy access to over 150 waterfalls and gorges, your next outdoor destination is a no-brainer.
Trails in New York will allow you to access trail and contact information on over 90 shared use and single use trails throughout the state using an Interactive Map or search a Trails Inventory database by county, trail surface or trail use where information is collected on 700 trails statewide.