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Big Hollow Falls #6

Directions
This is a continuation of the hike to waterfalls on the Big Hollow Branch.  Please refer to the entry for Big Hollow Falls #1 for directions to that location.
County: Warren
Town: Lake George
USGS Map: Lake George
Waterway: Big Hollow Branch
Latitude: N 43° 26' 14"
Longitude: W 73° 44' 06"
Drop: 12'
Type: Cascade
Region: Northwest of Lake George village
Parking: Roadside
Trail type: Dirt
Length of hike: 3.5 mi round-trip for all 10 falls
Difficulty: Somewhat strenuous
Accessibility: Public
Name: Unnamed

Lake George Quadrangle

As mentioned in the write up for Falls #1, if you decide to continue on to falls 6 through 10, you will need to go off trail, into a very steep gorge.  While you are never more than 100 yards from the road, you will be very isolated at times and the trek will include a lot of brook crossings, working around the landscape and working through some downfall.  Experience info trail hiking is a must for this part of the adventure.  

I hiked this twice, two days apart.  The first time I stayed in the gorge, along the brook the entire way.  The second time, after Falls #5, I went up to the road, then went down to see falls 6 and 7, returned to the road again, then went down to the gorge for falls 8, 9 and 10. My recommendation for your first visit would be to stay in the gorge the entire time.

With that in mind, from Falls #5, climb up the embankment to the access road and turn left to go up to the pond at the top of the dam.  At the far end of the pond work through the brush to get back along side the brook and work your way upstream on river left, the right side facing upstream.

It took me about 20 minutes to get to Falls #6.  Along the way I crossed over to river right because the river left side was too steep to navigate.  After crossing over, the landscape took me a little wide to the left.  I came to a small tributary on a hillside that was nearly dry. I followed that tributary to the right, downstream which brought me back to Big Hollow Branch and to the base of Falls #6, a 12' drop.  

Our thanks to Gary Dilmore for the photos and information on this location.

Big Hollow Branch enters the English Brook at the north end of the village of Lake George.  This flows into Lake George, which, in turn, flows through La Chute into Lake Champlain.  The flow then goes north through Canada on the Richelieu River and empties into the St. Lawrence River.

Last update:  November 4, 2026

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