Since I was a child my parents took me to Stony Brook State Park every summer. I remember getting excited for the trip almost as if we were going to an amusement park or Disney World for that matter.
Stony Brook is one of upstate New Yorks best kept secrets. It is a gorge that you can literally hike and walk through. There are waterfalls, natural whirlpools.. AND at the very end of the gorge,( where you actually start your hike at and can picnic at) they dam off the creek and created 2 giant natural water swimming pools. The water is always flowing and it is like a natural infinity pool. You can hike up and swim under waterfalls and it is breath taking. I can't understand why this park hasn't been featured in Vogue or something, or by Valerie Delia on NY1! There is something about the fresh water that totally regenerates you, it makes you feel like you have been at a million dollar spa all day.  Maybe because the gorge is ancient. It is one of the post - glacial streams,,,, research has said that the gorge is actually older than the dinosaurs.

All you need is a car and a hotel for one night,,,because it's totally worth it.
Route 36, Dansville, New York
Park Office 585 335-8111
Jim Zimpfer, Park Manager 585 335-6598
http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=102

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