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Verkeerderkill Falls

Ulster County, New York

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
Not recorded
Location
Ulster County, New York
Access status
Long Path to a landowner-permitted overlook; trail beyond the overlook is closed
The walk
2.9 miles one way to the overlook path, by the Long Path mileage
Ground & access
Rocky footpath with gradual descents. The Verkeerder Kill crossing has several channels and may be difficult in high water. Unfenced cliff edge at the overlook.
NY-NJ Trail Conference: The Long Path, Section 14
Verkeerderkill Falls, NY
Verkeerderkill Falls, NY
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Verkeerder Kill Falls drops about 100 feet just south of Minnewaska State Park Preserve's Sam's Point Area. The Long Path follows Loop Road and the Verkeerder Kill Falls Footpath through pitch pine and blueberry scrub, enters private property near the falls and crosses the Verkeerder Kill, then a side path leads about one hundred feet to an overlook above the falls. The falls and overlook are on private property; the landowner allows access but has closed the trail beyond the overlook. Stay at the overlook; the edge is a sheer drop.

Plan your visit

Sam's Point Area entrance, Long Path north on Loop Road and the Verkeerder Kill Falls Footpath to the side path for the overlook above the falls

The Trail Conference Long Path Section 14 description reaches the overlook side path at mile 2.90 from the Sam's Point Area entrance; the overlook is about one hundred feet along that path.

Rocky footpath with gradual descents. The Verkeerder Kill crossing has several channels and may be difficult in high water. Unfenced cliff edge at the overlook.

Where to start

Sam's Point Area lot at the end of Sam's Point Road, Cragsmoor (41.67003, -74.36162).

Timing & water

NY State Parks posts short closures of the Verkeerderkill Falls Footpath for trail work on the Minnewaska State Park Preserve page. Sam's Point is subject to intermittent closures when the lot is full.

Before you go

The Trail Conference says a fee is charged and parking reservations are required on weekends and holidays, spring through fall.

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

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Ulster County, New York.

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