Upstate New York is filled with state parks. I’ve lived within an hour of the Syracuse region for my entire life, but I had never heard of Green Lakes State Park until about 10 years ago when I first started dating Farah. Since then we have spent plenty of time in the park and it has become one of our favorite spots to visit.
The lakes were formed 15,000 years ago at the end of the ice age by waterfalls and are the remains of their plunge pools. The lakes are meromictic, meaning the layers of water don’t mix and the deep bottom of the lakes are devoid of life. Heavily dissolved minerals, specifically calcite, give the lakes their iconic green color.
