Punch Bowl Lake Loop is a 4.5 mile loop through Watkins Glen State Park. The trail meanders alongside Glen Creek for roughly two miles before arriving at Punch Bowl Lake which offers scenic views of the lake’s man-made dam and waterfall.

While the trail is beautiful year round, it’s especially fun when undertaken in the fall when the leaves are beginning to change. The trail itself is an easy hike with only a moderate elevation gain, and most of that can be undertaken on the park’s many sets of stonework stairs.

Parking requires paying a park entrance fee, but is usually easy to find regardless of the time of year. Dogs are allowed on the trail as long as they remain on-leash.

Punch Bowl Lake Loop

Watkins Glen, NY

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