Places to Explore

Contents

Here on Earth: Northeastern United States

1. Geologic History of the Northeastern United States
2. The Inland Basin
   
   • Rocks
   • Places to Explore
     
     • The Finger Lakes Region
       
       • Geology of the Finger Lakes
       • Geology of Taughannock Falls State Park
       • Geology of Six Mile Creek Natural Area
       • Wine and Geology

Image above: Devonian-aged strata exposed at Watkins Glen State Park in Central New York. Image created by Jonathan R. Hendricks for PRI's [email protected] project (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license).

The Finger Lakes Region

The Finger Lakes of central New York were carved by geologically recent glaciers that sliced through fossiliferous bedrock deposited hundreds of millions of years ago.