Events

6 massed balloon flights, Friday 6:30 PM, Saturday and Sunday 6:00 AM and 6:30 PM, Monday 6:00 AM, launching from The Archery Field near the Castile entrance. COME SEE THE SPECIAL 100th BIRTHDAY BALLOON ONLY DURING THIS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION!

Witness the massed flight of a bunch of hot air balloons lifting off over the Letchworth Gorge. Flights will be at 6:30 pm and 6:00 am starting at 6:30 pm Friday May 26 and continuing on Saturday, May 27, Sunday May 28 and ending at 6:00 am on Monday, May 29. Launch site is the Archery Field, just inside the Castile Entrance to Letchworth State Park. All flights are weather dependent.

Learn how William Pryor Letchworth came to the area and saved the falls of the Genesee from industrial development. Hear how glaciers shaped the land and the river carved a canyon. Meet at 12:00 noon at Inspiration Point in Letchworth State Park on Monday, May 29. (1 hour, 1/4 mile)

Learn how the Letchworth Canyon was created and how waterfalls change! Visit an old growth grove with trees 400 years old! Meet at 10:00 am in the parking lot past cabin area "B" down the Lower Falls Road in Letchworth State Park on Monday, May 29. Lots of stairs and potential for mud. (2 hours, 1 mile)

William Pryor Letchworth planted trees to mark special occassions and some of them still survive. Meet some of these living history reminders on a short walk around the Glen Iris in Letchworth State Park. Meet at the Museum at 2:00 pm on Monday, May 29. (2 hours, 1 mile)