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High Falls Waterfall

Columbia County, New York

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Columbia County, New York
Access status
Conservation area trail and parking documented
The walk
About 0.6 miles one way to the overlook
Ground & access
Dirt trail with a few short, steep grades; not suitable for wheelchairs.
Uncovering New York: High Falls Conservation Area
High Falls Waterfall, NY
High Falls Waterfall, NY
Photo creditPhoto: ndecker, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

From the gravel lot on Roxbury Road, follow the green-blazed trail past a bench and over a bridge, then right. Stay on the green trail where the blue and red trails branch off. After about half a mile, including one small hill, it meets the red trail again; keep straight about a tenth of a mile to the end of the red trail at the only official viewpoint for the 150-foot falls on Agawamuck Creek. Return the same way or on the red trail.

Plan your visit

High Falls Conservation Area lot on Roxbury Road, Philmont, green-blazed trail to the red-blazed trail and the official High Falls overlook

Uncovering New York describes about half a mile on the green trail, then about a tenth of a mile further to the overlook. It gives 1.5 miles for all trails in the conservation area.

Dirt trail with a few short, steep grades; not suitable for wheelchairs.

Where to start

Gravel lot off Roxbury Road in Philmont with room for more than 20 cars; turn onto Roxbury Road from NY 217, cross the creek, and the entrance is shortly on the left (NYFalls coordinates N 42.24707 / W 73.65757).

Timing & water

Open daylight hours. The view can be overgrown in summer.

Before you go

Columbia Land Conservancy conservation area. NYFalls lists admission as free.

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

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Columbia County, New York.

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