Waterfalls are a very intriguing topic to many.  It seems that even small waterfalls are beautiful and the larger ones are nothing short of spectacular.  In addition, the waterfall is one of Mother Nature's ways of cleaning and aerating our water supply.

It is our plan that this website will become a comprehensive guide to the waterfalls in Northern New York.  It will include all named waterfalls as well as many unnamed or commonly named falls that are on waterways in this region.  Please view our definition page for an explanation of what we have included.  We would also encourage you to read our page of disclaimers, precautions and copyright information.

At this point, we are gaining a very good handle on the falls in Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence and Oswego counties, mainly because this is the area where the webmaster lives.  We are constantly adding new falls and looking for contributors who might have pictures of waterfalls that we do not have pictures of.  Please read on if you would like to have your pictures published on this website.

Many communities in Northern New York have falls in their name.  Beaver Falls, Newton Falls, Hannawa Falls and Brasher Falls are a few but the falls that led to their name are no longer there.  Dams have been built where the falls were.  We have also included information on power dams which were built at a previous waterfall location.

Rapids are also falling water.  The difference is that rapids are not falling vertically as fast as they are running horizontally.  In fact, according to many sources, including Webster's Dictionary and the Encyclopedia Britannica, many of the waterfalls in Northern New York, and in fact in many places, are actually rapids.  We have chosen to include these as well because they often are also quite impressive and show the power of nature.  In many cases, there are named rapids that are actually larger than some named falls.  For the most part, only named rapids will be included.  Many rapids carry a name that is not official but was given by the whitewater/kayak community.