Water Activities: a Treasures Along the Erie Canal Tour Preview

Erie Canal Adventures

Erie Canal Adventures offers the best ways to experience all the Erie Canal has to offer. From weekly self-skippered house boats, daily excursions or seasonal dockage of your own boat at Erie Macedon Landing, there is something for everyone!

Wide Waters Canal Park

Located along the historic Erie Canal west of the Village of Newark. Picnic tables and grills line the mature landscape. Launch your boat or kayak for free at the designated launch. Open pavilion available for rent, seats approximately 60 people.

Seneca Lake

Enjoy Seneca Lake State Park and all of its amenities, accessible by boat or car!

Finger Lakes Water Adventures

Seneca Lake boat tours like the Cayuga-Seneca Canal tour, Whiskey Wine Wednesday weekly sunset cruise with a DJ, Boozy Bingo sunset cruise, Tiki Bar North with live music every weekend, boat rentals, and so much more!

Canal Side Experiences

Rent kayaks, stay in unique places like a camper or a houseboat, and enjoy the canal!

C-S Canal Lock (Mud Lock)

Boat launch and access to Cayuga Lake. Now boasting a new concrete launch ramp with floating boarding docks to allow for launches at lower lake levels. Parking lot holds up to 21 vehicles with trailers and seven single vehicles, includes accessible parking.

Long Point State Park

Located on the east shore of Cayuga Lake just South of Aurora NY, in Finger Lakes Wine country, Long Point State Park provides a 4-lane boat launch, a modern playground, picnic areas, fishing access, lake access, 4.5 miles of hiking trails, and spectacular sunsets over Cayuga Lake.The easy access to the Cayuga Lake shore makes it popular for paddle-sports enthusiasts and fishermen alike. Waterfowl and migratory birds can be viewed from the shoreline.