Syracuse.com - Reader suggests adding Cazenovia art park to 'The Figura Challenge'

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I don't really know why my wife and I had never heard of this art park until this year, but it was very nice, he said.

Reader Lynn Davis sent me the following email recently:

While not one of the 15 local destinations mentioned in your "Take the Figura Challenge," my wife and I wanted to make sure that you were aware of the Stone Quarry Hill Art Park just outside of Cazenovia.

They have "104 acres of conserved land and groomed trails, the Art Park is dedicated to providing a unique environment for the showcasing of art by emerging and established artists, in natural and gallery settings."

They have a total of around 2 miles of trails, almost all of them are half a mile or less. One trail links up with the "North Country Trail System" and leads back to Cazenovia - I am not sure how long that trail is.

The trails are easy to walk. One does go downhill and, obviously, back uphill. I would still classify them all as easy (I am not a hiking expert however - just "oldish"). The trails are very well marked.

Because it's an art park they do have sculptures outside. When we visited last weekend, there were several people on the grounds flying kites -- BIG kites. From what we had read, there was going to be some kite flying competition there the following day.

They have a children's art park as part of the area. It has a wooden structure that looks a bit like a castle. They have several wooden structures that you can go inside. There is also ponds on the grounds, and some have sculptures in them also. The sculptures are all labeled with nameplates.

I don't really know why my wife and I had never heard of this art park until this year, but it was very nice. For more see the park's website.

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