User:Eddie891/List of waterfalls of New York


Name	Location	Height	Notes
Triphammer Falls	Ithaca, New York	55 feet (17 m)	Located within the campus of Cornell University.^[1] The waterfall existed naturally but was altered substantially in order to construct a dam in the 19th century, leading to the formation of Beebe Lake.^[2]
Verkeerder Kill Falls	Sam's Point Preserve	187 feet (57 m)	As of 2021 located on private property but accessible on state park trails.^[3]^[4]
Watauga Falls	Delhi, New York	Unknown	In 1898 the falls were described as having three tiers, the lowest 55 feet (17 m), the middle 42 feet (13 m), and the top 38 feet (12 m) high.^[5]
Trenton Falls	Trenton, New York		https://books.google.com/books?id=3CAbAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=trenton+falls&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiY0djvnb7yAhV-F1kFHR_rDb4Q6AEwAHoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=trenton%20falls&f=false
Tinker Falls	Labrador Hollow Unique Area	50 feet (15 m)	^[6]
Taughannock Falls	Taughannock Falls State Park	215-foot (66 m)	^[7]

American Falls – 52 m (171 ft) drop, part of Niagara Falls; highest flow rate in North America, including the Canadian Horseshoe Falls
Barberville Falls – 28 m (92 ft) drop, in the town of Poestenkill in Rensselaer County
Bouck's Falls – 52 m (171 ft), in the town of Fulton in Schoharie County
Bridal Veil Falls – 55 m (180 ft) drop, part of Niagara Falls
Buttermilk Falls – Buttermilk Falls State Park
Chittenango Falls – 50.9 m (167 ft), in Madison County
Cohoes Falls – 20 m (66 ft) drop, Cohoes, along the Mohawk River
Eternal Flame Falls – 9.1 m (30 ft) cascade in Chestnut Ridge Park in Erie County; a small grotto at the waterfall's base emits natural gas, which can be lit to produce a flame
High Falls – 29 m (95 ft), downtown Rochester
Indian Chimney Falls – 18 m (59 ft) drop, at Indian Chimney Farm in Tompkins County
Ithaca Falls – 46 m (151 ft) cascade, on Fall Creek in Ithaca
Kaaterskill Falls – 53 m (174 ft) vertical drop for upper falls, total drop for two tier falls is 79 m (259 ft), in Greene County
Lucifer Falls – 35 m (115 ft) in Robert H. Treman State Park
Pixley Falls – 15 m (50 ft); Pixley Falls State Park in Oneida County
Salmon River Falls – 33.5 m (110 ft) waterfall; Oswego County
Stony Kill Falls – 27 m (89 ft), Ulster County
Taughannock Falls – 66 m (217 ft) single, vertical drop, flowing year-round
Trenton Falls – Trenton in Oneida County
Upper, Middle, and Lower Falls – a series of waterfalls on the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park
VerKeerderkill Falls – 54.6 m (179 ft) sheer drop

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Van Hornesville Falls (edit | talk | history)
Tompkins Falls (edit | talk | history)
Schalks Falls (edit | talk | history)
Straton Falls (edit | talk | history)
Stockbridge Falls (edit | talk | history)
Spier Falls (edit | talk | history)
Plattekill Falls (edit | talk | history)
Old Mill Falls (edit | talk | history)
Limekiln Falls (edit | talk | history)
Gray Rock Falls (edit | talk | history)
Glenerie Falls (edit | talk | history)
Fox Falls (edit | talk | history)
Canada Falls (edit | talk | history)
Creamery Falls (edit | talk | history)
Button Falls (edit | talk | history)
Buttermilk Falls (Madison County, New York) (edit | talk | history)
Buttermilk Falls (Montgomery County, New York) (edit | talk | history)
Buttermilk Falls (Otsego County, New York) (edit | talk | history)
Bridal Veil Falls (Plattekill Creek) (edit | talk | history)

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References[edit]

^ Freeman, Rich; Freeman, Sue (2002). 200 Waterfalls in Central & Western New York. Fishers, New York: Footprint Press. p. 244. ISBN 9781930480018.
^ Bishop, Morris (2014). "II. Ezra Cornell". A History of Cornell. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801455377.
^ "Verkeerder Kill Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
^ "Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area". parks.ny.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
^ Senate, New York (State) Legislature (1898). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York. p. 126.
^ Figura, David (July 28, 2014). "Trail access project at Tinker Falls now includes stone stair cases, spectacular view". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, NY. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
^ "Taughannock Falls". National Geographic Guide to State Parks of the United States (4th ed.). Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. 2012. pp. 54–55. ISBN 1426208898. Retrieved October 2, 2015.

[freeman-1] Freeman, Rich; Freeman, Sue (2002). 200 Waterfalls in Central & Western New York. Fishers, New York: Footprint Press. p. 244. ISBN 9781930480018.

[2] Bishop, Morris (2014). "II. Ezra Cornell". A History of Cornell. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801455377.

[gnis-3] "Verkeerder Kill Falls". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2018-01-23.

[4] "Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area". parks.ny.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-19.

[5] Senate, New York (State) Legislature (1898). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York. p. 126.

[Falls_trails-6] Figura, David (July 28, 2014). "Trail access project at Tinker Falls now includes stone stair cases, spectacular view". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, NY. Retrieved June 5, 2016.

[NatGeo-7] "Taughannock Falls". National Geographic Guide to State Parks of the United States (4th ed.). Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. 2012. pp. 54–55. ISBN 1426208898. Retrieved October 2, 2015.

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