New York · Wyoming / Livingston / Monroe Co.

Genesee River

🏔 Scenic River
Wyoming / Livingston / Monroe Co. · 157 mi · Class I–III
Optimal: 400–2500 CFS · USGS #04231600
⚠58°F — Cold water — dress for immersion, not air temperature
1,300 avg
8,730CFS
11.51 ft gauge height
Flood
↑Rising slowly (+50 cfs/hr)(-60 in 3h)
⚡Flow data is live from USGS·Rapid classifications and CFS ranges need community verification·Know this river?
Avg flow: 1,300 cfsHist. median: 1,170 cfsUSGS #04231600
Letchworth State Park · NYS Scenic River

The Genesee flows 157 miles from the Pennsylvania border north through Letchworth State Park — the 'Grand Canyon of the East' — to Lake Ontario at Rochester. Letchworth's three waterfalls and 600-foot gorge walls make it one of the most spectacular paddling destinations in the eastern United States. Above and below the gorge, Class I–II water carries paddlers through wooded valleys and the Iroquois homeland of the Seneca Nation.

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