Ithaca City Urban Hikes
Hike # 53-1: Allan H Treman State Marine Park and Cass Park
Meet: Main parking lot of Allan H Treman State Marine Park, near pier 6
Hike Route Description:
Allan Treman State Marine Park map here:
Allan H. Treman State Park Trail Map (ny.gov)
This is a nice flat hike that initially follows the paved or graveled trails around the North point of Treman Marina.
Once the group exits the Treman marina trails we jump onto the Cayuga Waterfront Trail system that leads us through Cass Park near the ice rink.
Map here:
Following the Cayuga Inlet until reaching the Children’s Garden inside Cass Park, the group enters the Southern end of the Black Diamond Trail until its time to turn around and return to our cars.
Hike # 52-2: Stewart Park, Renwick Wildwood Paths, Lighthouse Point and Ithaca Farmers Market
This hike is a nice urban hike during warmer months when there’s no cold winds blowing across the lake.
Meet near the Cascadilla Boat House in Stewart Park:
Cascadilla Boat Club Ltd – Google Maps
This level, urban hike follows several area hiking paths on an out-and-back route. Starting in Stewart Park the hike circles the old swan viewing pond before crossing the first suspension bridge and entering the Renwick Wildwood Paths. After completing the trail circuit within the Wildwood Paths the hike route continues over the second suspension bridge and onto Lighthouse Point. From there the hike route follows the Cayuga Waterfront Trail ( see map above ) to the Ithaca Farmers Market.
Hike # 53-3 Ithaca City Cemeteries Hike
In recent years this is a loop hike route that we reserve for the week prior to Halloween.
While this is a Halloween-themed hike, there is still a good amount of local history that can be revealed along the route, if you know what to look for.
Sorry for the fairly dry route description that follows:
Meet in the Board of Education parking lot on Lake Street: Ithaca Board of Education – Google Maps. We’ll hike to the lower driveway for Lake View Cemetery Lake View Cemetery (Ithaca, New York) – Wikipedia, across from Rosemary Lane between Ithaca High School and Boynton Middle School Lake St & Rosemary Ln – Google Maps. This cemetery dates back to the late 19th century lakeviewcemetary.pdf. In past years the group has hiked to the top of the cemetery and stopped at Sunset Park Sunset Park/Western Slope – Village of Cayuga Heights History for a good view of the lake and the city of Ithaca, as well as a group photo.
Our route takes us along Stewart Ave, with more good views of the city from the Stewart Avenue bridge at Fall Creek Drive Stewart Ave & Fall Creek Dr – Google Maps
If time permits, we’ll stop at the small park at the end of North Willard Way. This park has some views of Fall Creek from another vantage point. It’s also near the historic Ezra’s Tunnel Ezra’s Tunnel – Bridges and Tunnels which, while currently off limits to the public, has a long and interesting history.
Walking Stewart Avenue to beyond University Avenue, our route takes us into the Ithaca City Cemetery Ithaca City Cemetery — Finger Lakes Film Trail Ithaca City Cemetery – Google Maps which we walk to University Avenue. Taking University Avenue to the Cascadilla Gorge Trail Cascadilla Gorge Trail – Google Maps we hike the gorge trail to College Avenue, where we walk downhill via Highland Place and Williams Street to Stewart Avenue. Crossing the Stewart Avenue bridge near Williams Street we turn onto the path that follows Cascadilla Park Rd back to Linn Street in Fall Creek. From there the return trip to our cars often includes a stop at Ithaca Falls Ithaca Falls on Fall Creek , if time allows for that.
While this is an urban hike, there is still a good amount of up- and down-hill hiking, some of which is over uneven sidewalks or stone stairs that hikers should be prepared to navigate.
We encourage hikers to come in costume for this hike if they desire to do so, but we still recommend that hikers wear good footwear and consider using hiking poles.
Because this is an urban hike, any canine hiking partners will need to remain leashed for the duration of the hike.
October 2024 GPS track of our route, courtesy of hiker Anne B. This track includes our parking area at Stewart Park for this hike which was necessitated by an event at the high school:
last edit 02-20-2025