Horseshoe Falls

Horseshoe Falls is a waterfall in Ithaca, Tompkins, New York. Horseshoe Falls is situated nearby to the waterfall Rocky Falls, as well as near Cornell Fine Arts Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cornell Fine Arts Library and Uris Library.

Cornell Fine Arts Library

Library

The Cornell Fine Arts Library is an extensive educational facility that services the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University. In 1871, three years into his tenure as the first president of Cornell University, Andrew Dickson White… Cornell Fine Arts Library is situated 820 feet east of Horseshoe Falls.

Uris Library

Library

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Uris Library is a library on the campus of Cornell University, located at the southwest corner of the Arts Quad overlooking Libe Slope. The oldest library building at Cornell, Uris Library also houses the A. Uris Library is situated 1,600 feet south of Horseshoe Falls.

Ithaca Falls

Waterfall

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Ithaca Falls is a waterfall located within the city of Ithaca, New York. It is the last of a series of waterfalls along the hanging valley formed where Fall Creek intersects the glacial trough of Cayuga Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cayuga Heights and Forest Home.

Cayuga Heights

Town

Cayuga Heights is a village in the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, United States, and a suburb of Ithaca, New York. The population was 4,114 at the 2020 census.

Forest Home

Hamlet

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Forest Home is a census-designated place in the town of Ithaca, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Forest Home had a population of 1,168. It is located immediately east of the Cornell University campus.

Northeast Ithaca

Neighborhood

Northeast Ithaca is a census-designated place in Ithaca, New York in Tompkins County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Northeast Ithaca had a population of 2,701. Northeast Ithaca is a suburb of adjacent Ithaca, New York. Northeast Ithaca is situated 1½ miles northeast of Horseshoe Falls.

Horseshoe Falls

Type: Waterfall
Category: body of water
Location: Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.45199° or 42° 27′ 7″ north

Longitude

-76.48587° or 76° 29′ 9″ west

Open location code

87J5FG27+QM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10101824431

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=waterfall

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