NYFalls.com - Upstate NY Waterfalls, Nature and Photography

Entrance Amphitheater - Watkins Glen Postcards

Antique Postcard Collection > Watkins Glen Watkins Glen State Park Information

 

 
      

 

Postcards

Bandstand and Entrance to Watkins Glen

 

Bandstand and Entrance to Indian Trail, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

 

Entrance to Watkins Glen

 

Entrance to Watkins Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

 

View at Entrance on Busy Day

 

View at entrance on busy day, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

 

Watkins Glen State Park Main Entrance

 

In the Beautiful Finger Lakes Region

Watkins Glen State Park Main Entrance, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

 

Entrance Amphitheater

 

Entrance Amphitheater, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

 

 

Glen Creek


A long, spreading ledge below The Glen provides the visitor with a magnificent often overlooked, view of an "Eagle-like" Falls. It can be seen from the Franklin Street Bridge.

 

Entrance Amphitheater, Watkins Glen, N. Y.

 

Entrance Amphitheater, Watkins Glen, N.Y. 

 

Entrance Amphitheater, Back View, Watkins Glen, N. Y.

 

Entrance Amphitheater, Back View, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

 

Entrance Cascade from Below

 

Entrance Cascade from Below, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

 

Entrance Cascade and Sentry Bridge

 

Entrance Cascade and Sentry Bridge, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

Postmarked 1939

 

Entrance Pavilion

 

Entrance Pavilion, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

 

Entrance Stairs

 

Entrance Stairs, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

 

 

Entrance to Grounds

 

Entrance to Grounds, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

 

 

Entrance to Tunnel

 

Entrance to Tunnel, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

 

 

Entrance Tunnel and Sentry Bridge

 

Entrance Tunnel and Sentry Bridge

Watkins Glen State Park, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

 

Entrance to Watkins Glen State Park is made through this tunnel. The tunnel was constructed though solid rock by means of a steam power drill in 1906.

 

 

Lower Entrance

 

Lower Entrance

 

 

Main Entrance

 

MAIN ENTRANCE

WATKINS GLEN STATE PARK

Main Entrance to Watkins Glen State Park, one of the oldest public parks in the United States, is on Main Street of the community. Famous Watkins Glen was opened to the public on July 4, 1863 by Morvalden Ells, a newspaperman.

 

 

Watkins Glen State Park at Watkins Glen, N.Y.

 

Watkins Glen State Park at Watkins Glen, N.Y., is one of the oldest public parks in America. Over a half million persons every year visit this scenic wonderland.

 

SENTRY BRIDGE

 

SENTRY BRIDGE

WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK

IN THE FINGER LAKES REGION

When the visitor emerges from Entrance Tunnel, he finds himself upon this bridge, 52 feet above the water, where he gets his first view of the beauties of the gorge, Watkins Glen, in the Finger Lakes Country of Western New York, is one of America's Great Beauty Spots.

 

SENTRY BRIDGE, Entrance Tunnel

 

SENTRY BRIDGE, ENTRANCE TUNNEL

WATKINS GLEN STATE PARK

WATKINS GLEN N.Y.

One of the most popular of all the Finger Lakes State Parks is Watkins Glen. More than a million persons visit the famous gorge each year.

 

Main Entrance, Watkins Glen State Park

 

South Pavilion, Watkins Glen State Park
Minnehaha Falls
Curtain Cascade with Cavern Cascade in the Background

Main Entrance, Watkins Glen State Park

 

Main Entrance, Watkins Glen State Park

 

Entrance Tunnel and Sentry Bridge, Watkins Glen State Park

Winter Time at Suspension Bridge, Watkins Glen State Park Gorge

 

Entrance Cascade

 

Entrance Cascade

 

Entrance Cascade

 

Sentry Bridge

 

Entrance Gorge

 

Watkins Glen. - Entrance Gorge

Published 1882

 
 
     

 

 

Copyright NYFalls.com and Matthw Conheady