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Shelving Rock Brook South Tributary Falls #1

Directions

In the Shelving Rock Falls region, there are a number of drops on the stream we are calling Shelving Rock Brook South Tributary.

County: Washington
Town: Fort Ann
USGS Map: Shelving Rock
Waterway: Shelving Rock Brook South Tributary
Latitude: N 43° 32' 56.544"
Longitude: W 73° 35' 25.152"
Drop: ~ 5'
Type: Slide
Region: Off NY 149 west of Fort Ann
Parking: Unpaved
Trail type: Dirt
Length of hike: ~ 1.5 mile, round-trip
Difficulty: Easy-moderate
Accessibility: Public
Name: Unnamed

Shelving Rock Quadrangle

For the entries that we are referring to as Shelving Rock Brook South Tributary Falls #1 through #12, this will be a cumulative hike, starting at Falls #1.  This is entirely off trail, not too bad as far as bush whacking goes. 

The low water levels helped as I crossed over the tributary multiple times on my journey depending on the terrain.  Most of the time I was on the left (north) side of the tributary.  The most significant waterfalls on this segment are Falls #2 & #10, but there are definitely at least 2 or 3 more as well as several more nice features which some people may or may not consider a waterfall, but beautiful regardless.

Additionally, almost everything I found was located between Falls #1 and the the upper road crossing, there was nothing beyond the upper road crossing. The bottom portion of the tributary was just flat and rocky.  From the time I arrived at the first feature until I got back to the road was almost exactly an hour.

Driving Directions - I'll give 2 options:
1) as you approach the Dacy Clearing Parking Lot, take a sharp left turn to stay on Shelving Rock Road.  Go approx 1 mile, on the right side just before the road goes over the tributary there is a small parking lot.  You can park there and walk down the road about 1 mile to a small parking spot for campsite #12.  Walk into the parking spot and then straight down to the tributary from there, then start working your way upstream.
2) Take Shelving Rock Road all the way to Parking Lot #1 for Shelving Rock Falls/Mountain then either walk 3/10 mile up to Campsite #12 parking spot or enter Shelving Rock Brook near Parking Lot #1 and walk upstream staying to the right when the stream splits after a short distance. 

The first feature, pictured below, is a 5' slide which is just downstream from campsite #12.  The first photo was taken on May 13, the second one on August 17 and you can clearly see the difference in water levels. 

Shelving Rock Brook empties into Lake George.  The water from this then 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.

Webmaster's note:  Our thanks to Gary Dilmore for the information and pictures of all of the entries on the South Tribuatary.

Last update:  August 26, 2025

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