| Directions
Just north of Saranac Lake on NY 3 is
the hamlet of Bloomingdale. Just north of this,
you will come to the Fletcher Farm Road on the right.
Follow this and it will become Rock Street. Take a
right at the "T" when this road ends and you will
shortly come to the waterfall/dam on the right.
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| County: |
Clinton |
| Town: |
Black Brook |
| USGS Map: |
Alder Brook |
| Waterway: |
Saranac River |
| Latitude: |
N 44°
30' 26" |
| Longitude: |
W 73°
54' 58" |
| Drop: |
20' |
| Type: |
Curtain cascade |
| Region: |
Off NY 3 between
Saranac Lake and Plattsburgh |
| Parking: |
Roadside |
| Trail type: |
Roadside |
| Length of
hike: |
Roadside |
| Difficulty: |
Easy |
| Accessibility: |
Public |
| Name: |
Common |
|
 The
location at Union Falls is now an operating hydro-electric facility
run by National Grid, but there is still a waterfall below it and
you have unobstructed views of it from the highway and bridge. The dam above the falls is about ten feet high. To its
right is a wooden structure that might be an operator's station.
The waterfall is formed at the bottom of the dam where the water
flows through and over a rocky, craggy outcrop. The channel
below the falls is narrow and makes a gentle bend to river-right
where it flows under the bridge. There are a couple of steps
on the down-river side of the bridge and there is another portion
of the hydro facility off to the left in that area.
The Saranac River flows into Lake Champlain in Plattsburgh.
Last update: May 10, 2016
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