The Riverfront Levee Trail is a multi-use path that sits atop Elmira’s westerly flood control system. The levee was improved and built up in the 1930s by the Army Corp of Engineers and maintained by the flood control engineer and the Department of Environmental Conservation. Flood Control Engineering is primarily responsible for maintaining storm-water drainage facilities, developing and reviewing hydrologic and hydraulic studies and associated mapping, and ensuring compliance with sound floodplain management criteria to reduce flood risk. 

The trail is easily accessible from Pirozzolo Park on the west or the Grove Street Boat Launch on the east. The trail is a great place to observe river ecology and marvel at the quiet work of this engineering feat keeping Elmira safe from flooding.