Pixley Falls state park

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Pixley Falls State Park, located on route 46 south of Boonville NY. also known as Boonville Gorge State Park, It has picnic areas and some hiking trails. Will be a good place to visit in the spring since there are feeder falls to the main creek.

The Main Falls
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Smaller Falls
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One of the feeder cascades
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On my list of places for spring 08
This is near Trenton Falls if I'm not mistaken
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Your correct there is also 2 falls on Sugar River 1 on 12D north of Boonville the othe just west of state route 12 near the quarry here's a picture of the one on 12D

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A close up of the side falls, this looks good on my desktop!

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Pixley was a fun surprise for me a few years ago. Sadly, it definitely was not in it's prime season for color...

Pixley:
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Side falls:
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the weather has been great for flow.... too late for me though.
Great shots. Seems like a nice park... what else does it offer?
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Spitzer's new budget has $50k in line for improving this park.
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That's good the park could use some fixing up. The trails need work and the picnic grounds could bew improved.
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