Many visitors driving through Au Sable NY may think they’ve seen the chasm when they stop at the parking lot near the Ausable Chasm bridge.From there it’s easy to walk to the Ausable Chasm bridge and peer down at Rainbow falls. What are The Best Things To Do at Ausable Chasm?Īusable Chasm isn’t just a one-trick pony.
Although it is a seven-hour drive from Toronto, we definitely think it is worth it, especially as part of a road trip through the Adirondacks. From Canada, Ausable Chasm is an easy two-hour drive from Montreal. From New York City, it is a five-hour drive north on I-87. How to Get to Ausable Chasm New YorkĪusable Chasm is in the county of Au Sable NY just outside of the town of Keeseville, New York which is in the Adirondack region of Upstate New York. And this great variety of activities is what attracted us to explore and see the area around Ausable Chasm NY. The accessibility and beauty of Ausable Chasm have led it to become one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Adirondacks.Īusable Chasm is a mix of adventure trails, hiking trails, waterfalls, fossils, and river rides. The gorge has been carved from the sandstone by a mixture of the power of the Ausable River and theorized tectonic activity over the past 15,000 years. The Ausable Chasm itself is a long, narrow sandstone gorge that stretches for two miles (3.2 km).
This makes Ausable Chasm the oldest continuously operating natural attraction in America! Ausable Chasm was first opened for tours back in 1870. While both in Upstate New York and both are incredible places to visit, they are vastly different experiences. But don’t confuse it with Letchworth State Park, which was given the moniker “the Grand Canyon of the East”.
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