French Hollow Falls
Albany County, New York
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Albany County, New York
- Access status
- Town trail system to a pedestrian bridge viewpoint
- The walk
- About 3 miles round trip from Vosburgh Road; about 0.4 mile from the French's Mill Road trailhead
- Ground & access
- Easy town trails through grassland and woods, then a quiet road walk or wooded spur to the pedestrian bridge.
French's Hollow Falls is on the Normans Kill below the Watervliet Reservoir dam in Guilderland, where mills once stood. The Town of Guilderland's Vosburgh Trails make a 2.1-mile loop through grassland, with a spur along a wooded crest to the reservoir and a popular pedestrian bridge over the Normans Kill. From the bridge there is a view of the falls. A shorter way is to walk quiet French's Mill Road for about 4/10 of a mile from the French's Mill Road trailhead to the bridge. The route description dates from 2018.
Plan your visit
Vosburgh Trails from the Vosburgh Road trailhead (or the French's Mill Road trailhead) to the pedestrian bridge over the Normans Kill at French's Hollow
The Town of Guilderland gives about 3 miles round trip from the Vosburgh Road trailhead to the reservoir and pedestrian bridge. Walking Man gives about 4/10 of a mile on French's Mill Road from the French's Mill Road trailhead to the bridge.
Easy town trails through grassland and woods, then a quiet road walk or wooded spur to the pedestrian bridge.
Where to start
Town trailheads on Vosburgh Drive, at the end of the sidewalk on Millingstone Way, and at French's Mill Road. The French's Mill Road trailhead has no official lot; there is room on the road shoulder.
Timing & water
No seasonal closure is listed.
Before you go
No fee or reservation is mentioned.
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