Wynants Kill Falls
Rensselaer County, New York
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Rensselaer County, New York
- Access status
- Partial guide: roadside view only; adjoining land status not stated
- The walk
- Roadside view
- Ground & access
- Roadside; watch for traffic.
Wynants Kill Falls flows over a shale ledge and continues under County Road 51 just north of Burden Lake. The site is an old mill site. The Rensselaer Land Trust describes it as easily accessible from the roadside. No source describes a path to the base or who owns the land beside the stream, so view from the road.
Plan your visit
Roadside on County Road 51 just north of Burden Lake, where the Wynants Kill flows under the road
No walk is described; the Rensselaer Land Trust describes the falls as beside and under the road.
Roadside; watch for traffic.
Where to start
Roadside on County Road 51. The Rensselaer Land Trust asks visitors not to block travel lanes.
Timing & water
No seasonal information is given.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
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- Lower Burden FallsPartial guide: preserve trail past several Wynantskill falls; which drop is Lower Burden Falls is not statedRensselaer County, NY8.2 miNW
- Upper Burden FallsPartial guide: informal urban trail; which falls carries the name Upper Burden Falls is not settledRensselaer County, NY8.2 miNW
- Smart's CascadeRensselaer County, NY8.2 miNW
Upper Burden Falls26 ft (8 m) · Rensselaer County, NY8.4 miNW
Lower Burden FallsRensselaer County, NY8.5 miNW- Corning Cascade FallsRensselaer County, NY8.6 miNW
Poesten Kill FallsPartial guide: views only; the city prohibits access into the gorge, and park overlook rules are not publishedRensselaer County, NY8.8 miNW