This geologic wonder of the last ice age is also a botanist's paradise, noted for its many ferns. Clark Reservation State Park's natural features include rugged cliffs and rocky outcrops, woodland and meadow, a wetland and a glacial meromictic lake.

 
The area is home to a number of populations of the rare and beautiful Hart's Tongue Fern: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/asplenium_scolopendrium_americanum.shtml 
 

The 377-acre park has five hiking trails, including the cliff trail, which has a ledge overlook above the water. Amenities include picnic tables, pavilions, playground and a seasonal Nature Center that hosts numerous exhibits.


Clark Reservation gets over 160,000 visitors each year, and was voted the Number 1 hiking spot in Central New York in the 2022 CNY Reader’s Choice Awards, run every year by syracuse.com  and the Syracuse Post Standard (Advance Media). To read more, go Here. 
 

PET POLICY: Household pets are allowed but must be leashed.