Beautiful! We parked at the upper parking lot/Lucifer Falls entrance. Walked the gorge trail to the bridge and walked back on the rim trail. It’s beautiful ! The steps towards the end on the rim trail are extremely steep. I read in other reviews that they are steep but I was still surprised how bad they are. A good shorter hike is walking to Lucifer falls. This hike is a must do!!

This park is just beautiful. We started off going to the lower falls, which you enter through past the gate and just keep walking straight for 5 minutes not even to see the falls that is just so peaceful. Also, in the same parking lot we did not notice this until when we were about to leave. There is a sign that says Gorge Trail, and this took my husband and myself about 2 hours down and 2 hours back, and is 4 miles total with some stops on the way to take pictures, to Lucifer Falls. Make sure you wear hiking boots if you have them if not sturdy footwear, we were hiking while it was raining too it was muddy and slick in some areas. There are a lot of stairs as well so be prepared to endure them. It was honestly truly worth it to come up to the top from the lower trail parking lot. The view is just stunning, and this wasfrom a fellow hiker he told us to take the trail that is on the top of Lucifer falls because it will lead us to the other side of the gorge trail and so glad we did it. The view is just insane and you can lookup and see how high you hiked up to the Lucifer falls. There is also an upper parking lot but we did drive up to that lot, this is from the parking lot once you enter the main entrance to the state park and park in the first parking lot that is on the right, and the trail path would be on the right.

This is a must see attraction. We took the Gore Trail starting from the Upper Park Entrance, passing by rocks that are laid out in horizontal layers which almost look man-made. It's unreal and very scenic. We reached the Devil's Kitchen Falls soon after crossing the first stone bridge. The fall is not very tall but the setting is very pretty. Next comes the impressive Lucifer Falls at 115 feet. Since the trail goes downhill following Enfield Creek, we decided to turn around before the second bridge and took a shortcut by driving to the Lower Park Entrance to see the Lower Falls which is located within a short distance from the parking lot on a mostly flat trail. Besides the waterfall, the fall foliage here is very picturesque.

Some excellent gorge/waterfall experiences to be had on the upper part of the gorge trail between the upper lot and Lucifer Falls... some of the best photo ops of the entire region. But it's a long park, and the rest of the gorge trail is simply not photo worthy, not actually near the gorge and steep. Much better IMO to park in the upper parking lot and only do the top part of the Gorge trail down to the Lucifer Falls (at most, the bridge connecting to the Rim trail), then turn around and come back to the upper parking lot. It’s the prettiest and was a spectacularly designed and constructed trail- almost hard to believe in some spots. Even the official park website map shows the Scenic View binocular icons at the key spot you want to see. The rest of the gorge trail from the bridge to the lower lot is just average but takes a lot more time. Rim trail from the top lot will give you an idea that its just woodsy. The 90 degree corner of the stone steps as you start the steep step descent to the bridge was an amazing photo op during the October colors, but you can just turn around and go back if you want to save your knees just a bit. Otherwise, loop back up the gorge trail from the bridge connector. There is another medium sized waterfall on a flat trail from the bottom parking lot. It’s nice to look at it but the trail for the gorge starts at the other side of the parking lot near the bathrooms. Signage is sorta there if you are looking for it, but certainly could be made much more obvious to help first-timers.

We came to this park during the winter when some of the better trails were closed. We originally entered teh east gate of the park only to leave and drive in the west, upper park entrance, which had a better trail access to see luciver falls. After that detour and a drive past hte closed ticket booths (the park is free in the winter) - we parked the car adn headed past hte old mill and up the trail. After a relatively short hike, we got to some spectacular overlooks of the Lucifer Falls. The park was pretty quiet and it'd be great to come back curing the season when the gorge trail is open.

Lucifer falls is stunning. You can swim at base of waterfalls (very safe). Started on the rim trail. The stairs back up are a work out, so be prepared! Lovely day. May be my favorite of all the state parks in area

We went for long walks in the park & truly enjoyed the amazing views & many photo opportunities. It was weekend, so there were a lot of people, but it was still manageable. The park is very nicely maintained & can be walked easily straight from the city.

This is a great park for swimming and hiking. When starting at the bottom entrance, it’s a quick walk to the guarded swimming area. There is a great waterfall you can swim right up to. There are bathrooms here, too. The top entrance brings you to the fabulous Lucifer Falls. There is an amazing water chute just after the falls. We took the Gorge Trail down and crossed the bridge after the falls. We returned on the Rim Trail, where there are excellent views. Let’s talk about the Rim Trail stairs…wow! So I’d recommend reversing what we did - start with the Rim Trail and enjoy walking down those stairs, then return on Gorge which still has lots of stairs, but it seems much more gradual. Use good bathrooms in the Old Mill, see the inner workings of the mill, and also there’s a drink vending machine. Don’t miss the nice small falls behind the Mill.

This park is lovely. Parking was no problem because we went early. We visited Lucifer Falls and they did not disappoint. They are spectacular!!! We walked to them and then took another trail back to the entrance. Easy Peasy. Then we drove to the main entrance and saw the equally lovely falls with swim area. I wish we had brought our kids here when they were little because they would have LOVED it The swimming area is amazing, with 20 foot water deep where the waterfalls enters the water. A diving board with 4 lifeguards! It's fantastic! So beautiful!

I had traveled five hours to get to this particular park because I like the fact that you could jump into the water in front of a waterfall into a swimming hall. Got there to find out that there was no lifeguard on duty and from the looks of the way the sign was on the diving board. It looks like there hasn’t been a lifeguard there in sometime. It would’ve been nice if that would’ve been posted on the site. Other than that it was definitely a beautiful park. plenty attractions nearby, including the purity ice cream shop in the city of Ithaca