Chautauqua Gorge Area
Erie, Pennsylvania
Swim
CAUTION We received this email report "A 10 year old boy was hospitalized recently (in the last couple of years) for E.coli poisoning contracted from the Chautauqua gorge. you may want to tell your readers not to drink the water." Maybe no longer a danger, but keep your head out of the water to be safe.
CAUTION We received this email caution:” The Chautauqua gorge is a great place to visit, but you should warn your visitors about climbing there. Quite a few people have been injured and killed trying to climb up the loose shale walls of the gorge. Almost every year the local fire departments are called out to rescue people who are stuck too.(Imagine how embarrassing that would be!!) NO PLACE IN THE GORGE IS SAFE FOR CLIMBING! Come visit & have fun, but stick to the paths or the floor of the gorge ."Courtesy of swimmingholes.org
Bathing suits: Optional (at Skinny Dip area)
- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel & camp on durable surfaces
- Dispose of waste properly
- Leave what you find
- Minimize campfire impacts
- Respect wildlife
- Be considerate of other visitors
Directions
From Erie, Pennsylvania
- Head northwest on State St toward N Park Row (285 ft)
- Turn right onto N Park Row (404 ft)
- Turn right onto French St (174 ft)
- Turn left onto E 6th St/
Erie Insurance Pl Continue to follow E 6th St(1.2 mi) - E 6th St turns right and becomes E Lake RdEntering New York(21.0 mi)
- Turn right onto Wiley Rd (1.1 mi)
- Turn left onto US-20 E/
E Main Rd (0.8 mi) - Turn right onto Brockway Rd (1.0 mi)
- Continue onto Welch Hill Rd (1.2 mi)
- Turn left onto Lombard Rd (1.9 mi)
- Continue onto Pigeon Rd (1.9 mi)
- Continue straight onto Sherman Rd (295 ft)
- Continue onto Ogden Rd (0.8 mi)
- Turn right onto Taylor Rd (0.7 mi)
erwendell
11/28/23 5:39 am
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