ITHACA, NEW YORK: TAUGHANNOCK FALLS

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Taughannock Falls  /təˈɡænək/ is located in the Town of Ulysses in Tompkins County, New York, in the United States. The park is northwest of Ithaca near Trumansburg, New York. The name Taughannock comes from the Algonquian-speaking Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Indians, referring either to chief Taughannock or the word taghkanic (great fall in the woods).

The main cataract of the falls is a 215-foot drop (66 m), making it 33 feet (10 m) taller than Niagara Falls. It is the tallest single-drop waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains.

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15JUL13. Ithaca, NY.

Taughannock Falls plunges 215 feet past rocky cliffs that tower nearly 400 feet above the gorge. – See more at: http://nysparks.com/parks/62#sthash.g1QaBPUG.dpuf
Taughannock Falls plunges 215 feet past rocky cliffs that tower nearly 400 feet above the gorge. – See more at: http://nysparks.com/parks/62#sthash.g1QaBPUG.dpuf
Taughannock Falls plunges 215 feet past rocky cliffs that tower nearly 400 feet above the gorge. – See more at: http://nysparks.com/parks/62#sthash.g1QaBPUG.dpuf
Taughannock Falls plunges 215 feet past rocky cliffs that tower nearly 400 feet above the gorge. – See more at: http://nysparks.com/parks/62#sthash.g1QaBPUG.dpuf
Taughannock Falls plunges 215 feet past rocky cliffs that tower nearly 400 feet above the gorge. – See more at: http://nysparks.com/parks/62#sthash.g1QaBPUG.dpuf

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