Photo: Finger Lakes Museum
Finger Lakes Museum
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estled in the quiet hamlet of Branchport, sits the evolving Finger Lakes Museum (FLM), which offers public access to Keuka Lake via Sugar Creek and hiking through the Towsend-Grady Wildlife Preserve. The 13-acre campus along Sugar Creek, with interpretive signs, timber frame lean-tos, the Creekside Center canoe and kayak livery, and an ADA accessible launch/ dock. Explore hiking the maintained trails, bird watching and finish at the boardwalk. At the end of the boardwalk is a beautiful 20
octagon pavilion overlooking Keuka Lake, constructed in a joint effort between the FLM Advanced Timber Frame Class and a local high school. Directions: Museum Parking - From Branchport, take Route 29 northeast and turn right onto School Road. Wetland area parking – From Branchport, take Route 54A South for 0.4 mile and turn right onto Townsend Road. Enter the preserve at the timber frame. fingerlakesmuseum.org
