Sycamore Reservation's purpose is to encourage outdoor education. The Sycamore Reservation consists of over 400 scenic acres in the Zoar Valley area of Western New York's Southern Tier. Located on Connoisarauley creek, a tributary to the Cattaraugus, in valleys that were created by the glaciers, it has fossils that abound on the shores of the creek along with all other types of rocks. Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.