Winter Clove falls

Greene County, New York

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: 36 ft (11 m)
Location: Greene County, New York
Access status: Partial guide: approach crosses inn land; current permission unknown
The walk: About 2 miles one way
Ground & access: Unofficial, poorly marked woods trails with many junctions. Paths up both sides of the falls run close to the edge and are slippery. The base is hard to reach.

Catskill Mountaineer: Winter Clove Falls

Winter Clove Falls is a 126-foot set of plunges and cascades on Kiskatom Brook at the base of the Eastern Escarpment, on state land. The trails start on private land owned by the Winter Clove Inn in Round Top. Catskill Mountaineer says to go to the inn's front desk, ask permission, and follow the written map they provide to state land. The trails are not on maps or in guides and are poorly marked, with many intersections. Whether the inn still allows day hikers is unknown.

Plan your visit

Winter Clove Inn at the end of Winter Clove Road, Round Top, with permission from the front desk, then unmarked trails onto state land to Winter Clove Falls

Catskill Mountaineer gives a hiking distance of 2 miles one way. Return the same way.

Unofficial, poorly marked woods trails with many junctions. Paths up both sides of the falls run close to the edge and are slippery. The base is hard to reach.

Where to start

By the Winter Clove Inn at the end of Winter Clove Road. Catskill Mountaineer parking coordinates: 42.240917, -74.031083. Watershed Post says to tell the inn staff you are there to hike.

Timing & water

Catskill Mountaineer suggests spring and fall; flow is very low in the heat of summer.

Before you go

Permission from the Winter Clove Inn front desk is required to cross its land. No fee is mentioned.

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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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