Bridal Veil Falls

Greene County, New York

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: 89 ft (27 m)
Location: Greene County, New York
Access status: Partial guide: informal path to an unfenced cliff-edge lookout with many past deaths
The walk: Short walk; distance unknown
Ground & access: Road shoulder walk, then an informal path through conifers to an unfenced cliff edge with 100 to 200-foot drops. Slippery pine needles. Not suitable for children.

Catskill Mountaineer: Upper Platte Clove and Upper Hells Hole

Bridal Veil Falls is a plunge of about 90 feet on Plattekill Creek, the third falls in Platte Clove, on New York State land. The top and base of the falls are very dangerous, and Catskill Mountaineer does not recommend going to either. The view it recommends is from Bridal Veil Lookout, across the clove. From the Kaaterskill High Peak parking area, walk along Platte Clove Road past the Hell's Hole Creek bridge and past the old parking lot. About 100 feet past it, where the road touches DEC land, cross the guardrail and follow the path back toward Hell's Hole ravine, downhill through conifers to the edge of the clove. The lookout sits between Platte Clove and Hell's Hole. Catskill Mountaineer says more people have died at this lookout than anywhere else in Platte Clove: the drops are 100 to 200 feet and the pine needles are very slippery. Stay well back from the edge.

Plan your visit

Platte Clove Road near the Kaaterskill High Peak DEC parking area, past the Hell's Hole Creek bridge, across the guardrail onto DEC land and down an informal path to Bridal Veil Lookout on the rim of Platte Clove

Catskill Mountaineer describes a short road walk and path to the lookout but gives no distance. Its quarter-mile figure is for a different, more dangerous approach toward the top of the falls.

Road shoulder walk, then an informal path through conifers to an unfenced cliff edge with 100 to 200-foot drops. Slippery pine needles. Not suitable for children.

Where to start

DEC parking area for Kaaterskill High Peak and Huckleberry Point (Steenburgh Road) off Platte Clove Road. DEC coordinates: 42.133074, -74.08173. Do not park on the side of Platte Clove Road.

Timing & water

Go only when there is no ice or snow. The steep downhill section of Platte Clove Road is closed in winter.

Before you go

DEC lists Kaaterskill Wild Forest as free.

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More waterfalls nearby

Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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Waterfall location

Greene County, New York.

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