The Onondaga Lake Park in Syracuse, NY is located at 106 Lake Drive, Liverpool and is home to four memorials/historic sites. They are the Griffin Visitor Center, the Butterfly Garden, the Long Branch Park, and Mud Lock.
The Butterfly Garden for Hope in the Onondaga Lake Park is a memorial maintained by the Hope for Bereaved volunteers. It's located along the Onondaga Lake Parkway.
The Griffin Visitor Center in the park is named after 1928 community leader, Joseph A. Griffin. He was instrumental in creating the park.
At Mud Lock patrons can enjoy a fun tavern. It's located in the Cold Springs section of the Park close to Wegmans Good Dog Park. The Long Branch Park is the area where an amusement park once was during the late 1800s. It's the original home of the Syracuse's
Carousel Center.
The park is open from dusk to dawn every day of the year. There are several paved, vehicle-free trails, special events, sporting competitions, festivals, and outdoor wireless internet at the Griffin Visitor Center area.
There are seven miles of "shoreline nooks and grannies" that make for great family picnic locations. There are also developed picnic areas in Cold Springs and Willow Bay.
There are plenty of activities to do in the Onondaga Lake Park. There's archery, boating, fishing, cycling and skating. Equipment rentals are available for those who don't have skates or bikes.
The Onondaga Lake Park is home to the Salt Museum. In the museum visitors can see the actual kettles, wooden barrels and other equipment used to turn salt into a useful commodity. Salt was the industry that created the City of Syracuse and was extremely important right up to the end of the 1920s.
