Explore Ithaca’s most popular waterfront destinations on as you stroll or roll along 8 miles of multi-use trail.
The Cayuga Waterfront Trail wraps from Stewart Park to Treman Marina, passing popular destinations to create an easy waterfront tour. Whether you walk one mile or roll over all eight miles of wide paved path, the ADA compliant Trail provides a safe and comfortable way to experience all Ithaca’s waterfront has to offer.
Destinations
Bicycling
Paddling
Trail Rules
Volunteer
Winter on the Trail
What to expect
The Waterfront Trail is paved, flat, and accessible, designed with your safety and enjoyment in mind. Trailside benches, bicycle racks, and wayfinding and interpretive signs allow you to explore or linger around any turn. We are also a Pollinator Pathway, providing a public and private pesticide-free corridors of native plants that provide nutrition and habitat for pollinating insects and birds. Whether you walk, run, bike, or skate, the CWT provide an escape sidewalks and intersections, inviting you to better enjoy Ithaca’s waterfront.
Where to go
The trail passes popular destinations including Stewart Park, the Ithaca Farmers Market, Ithaca Children’s Garden, Cass Park, Treman Marina, and more. CWT is also linked to the Black Diamond Trail, a stone dust trail connecting Ithaca to Taughannock Falls State Park.
About the trail
The CWT serves residents and visitors to our community and is leading the way towards the revitalization of our community's waterfront.
The Cayuga Waterfront Trail is owned and maintained by the City of Ithaca with the assistance of Friends of Stewart Park. FSP assists the City by coordinating volunteer maintenance of the Trail, planning and fundraising for enhancements to the Trail, and managing the sponsorship of trail furnishings and stepping stones (engraved bricks and flagstones located at the five trailheads). The Waterfront Trail was developed under the umbrella of the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Cayuga Waterfront Trail Initiative. Learn more trail history.
We’re working on map updates presently, so please be patient! Here’s a basic guide:
T=trailhead
P=parking
R=bike rack
PLY=playground
Solid yellow=adjacent trail
Dashed yellow=footpath
