Bastion Falls
Greene County, New York
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- 33 ft (10 m)
- Location
- Greene County, New York
- Access status
- Partial: falls location documented; no parking on Route 23A and the walk from the lots is not described
- The walk
- Roadside view at the trailhead; walking distance from the designated parking lots not stated
- Ground & access
- Roadside viewpoint on a busy, narrow state highway. Use care with traffic.
Bastion Falls is beside Route 23A in Kaaterskill Clove and marks the start of the trail to Kaaterskill Falls, about a 30-minute hike. There is no parking on Route 23A. Greene County tourism directs visitors to the Laurel House Lane or Scutt Road parking areas, or to the Kaaterskill Trolley, which stops at the falls. How to walk from those lots to Bastion Falls on Route 23A is not described by the sources.
Plan your visit
Route 23A at the Kaaterskill Falls trailhead bridge in Haines Falls, view of Bastion Falls
Bastion Falls is at the Route 23A start of the Kaaterskill Falls trail. Great Northern Catskills says there is no parking on Route 23A, and no source gives the walking distance from the Laurel House Lane or Scutt Road lots to Bastion Falls.
Roadside viewpoint on a busy, narrow state highway. Use care with traffic.
Where to start
No parking on Route 23A to reach the falls. Park at the Laurel House Lane or Scutt Road parking area, or use the Kaaterskill Trolley.
Timing & water
DEC does not allow roadside parking on Route 23A near Kaaterskill Falls.
Before you go
Great Northern Catskills lists the Kaaterskill Trolley at $10.00 per day for drop off and pick up at the falls.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
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- Elizabeth Falls26 ft (8 m) · Greene County, NY1.7 miS
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