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No swimming at Lake Jean
Ricketts Glen State Park officials say high levels of bacteria in a water sample forced them to close the swimming area. Author: Chelsea Strub Updated: 5:11 PM EDT June 17, 2021
RED ROCK, Pa. Lois Christman and her dog Molly love to spend summer days at Lake Jean in Ricketts Glen State Park. Come up here, at least every couple of weeks, because it s the coolest place when it s hot, said Christman. Nice hiking, beautiful scenery, I do a lot of photography. Molly loves the water.
But Molly can t swim at the lake, and neither can anyone else because of high levels of coliform bacteria in the water.
Conde Nast Traveler Magazine named Watkins Glen State Park the best of the best.
Set in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, Watkins Glen is an incredible park to visit year-round, but it most springs to life when the autumn foliage is at its peak around mid-October. Towering cliffs and a series of 19 rippling waterfalls will leave visitors spellbound on the 2.4-mile Gorge Trail Loop, the most popular in the park.
Watkins Glen State Park is the most famous of the Finger Lakes State Parks. The glen s stream descends 400 feet past 200-foot cliffs, generating 19 waterfalls along its course.