Waterfalls are a very intriguing topic to many.  It seems that even small waterfalls are beautiful and the larger ones are nothing short of spectacular.  In addition, the waterfall is one of Mother Nature's ways of cleaning and aerating our water supply.

It is our plan that this website will become a comprehensive guide to the waterfalls in Northern New York.  It will include all named waterfalls as well as many unnamed falls that are on waterways in this region.  Please view our definition page for an explanation of what we have included.

Many communities in Northern New York have falls in their name.  Newton Falls, Hannawa Falls and Brasher Falls are a few but the falls that led to their name are no longer there.  Dams have been built where the falls were.  We have also included information on power dams which were built at a previous waterfall location.

Rapids are also falling water.  The difference is that rapids are not falling vertically as fast as they are running horizontally.  In fact, according to many sources, including Webster's Dictionary and the Encyclopedia Britannica, many of the waterfalls in Northern New York, and in fact in many places, are actually rapids.

We have chosen to include these as well because they often are also quite impressive and show the power of nature.  In many cases, there are named rapids that are actually larger than some named falls.  For the most part, only named rapids will be included.

To facilitate use of this site, the menu in the banner above lists waterfalls in three ways:

• "Listed Alphabetically" ... a separate page that provides an alphabetical list of all Northern New York waterfalls.
• "Listed By River" ... a menu driven list ... the waterways that contain waterfalls that flow directly into Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River or Lake Champlain, as well as the Hudson River are listed alphabetically.  Within each waterway, the falls have been arranged according to their distance from the outlet.  Those falls closest to the outlet are listed first.  In the case of those waterways that don't flow directly into the above three waterways, they are included with the waterway they feed.  If your mouse pointer turns into a hand when you hover on a name, there is a page for that waterfall.
• "Listed By County" ... a separate page that provides an alphabetical list of falls within the respective county.

For each waterfall, a chart is provided which includes the county, town and United States Geological Survey Topographical Quadrangle map on which it is located.  Also listed is the waterway on which it is located, its latitude and longitude, and the height and width of the falls.  If there are no pictures of a particular falls, we just haven't been there yet.

Many of the included falls are not on maps.  There are, without exaggeration, hundreds of unnamed waterfalls in northern New York.  If anyone viewing this has anything they feel could contribute to the cause, please do not hesitate to contact us.  You may submit a waterfall, complete with pictures, for consideration by completing our Waterfall Submission Form.  All contributions will be credited appropriately.

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