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Northern New York Waterfalls ... Beaver Meadows Falls, within the Adirondack Mountain Reserve

Beaver Meadows Falls, within the Adirondack Mountain Reserve

Directions

Located on NYS Route 73, this site is just south of the hamlet of Saint Huberts, which is on the stretch between the village of Keene Valley and the northern intersection of routes 73 and 9.  Look for the signs for the Giant Mountain Wilderness Area.  The parking area for AMR is directly across the road.

County: Essex
Town: Keene
USGS Map: Keene Valley
Waterway: Unnamed tributary of the Ausable River, East Branch
Latitude: N 44° 07' 45"
Longitude: W 73° 48' 56"
Drop: 60'
Type: Ribbon cascade
Region: Off NY 73 near the hamlet of St. Huberts
Parking: Unpaved lot
Trail type: Dirt/rock
Length of hike: 40 minutes beyond Wedge Brook Falls
Difficulty: Intense
Accessibility: Access by easement
Name: Official

Keene Quadrangle

First and foremost, this waterfall is located within the Adirondack Mountain Reserve and, as such, is on private property.  Access to it has been allowed by an easement agreement.  It has come to our attention that the owners of this land are becoming increasingly annoyed by those who show up with inadequate information trying to access it.  It should be noted that the listings for all of the locations within the AMR have been on this website for well over ten years.  We have clearly stated the status of the locations here, including many of the restrictions and conditions for access.  In an effort to reduce the increasing friction between the owners and the public hikers, we are urging people to refer to our page for the general information on The Adirondack Mountain Reserve.  It is one click and will only take a minute or so to read, but it may save a significant amount of grief to everyone involved.

As you continue upstream, about 0.7 of a mile from Wedge Brook Falls, you will come to a footbridge.  Beaver Meadows Falls is actually on a creek feeding the Ausable but since the creek isn't named, we have chosen to include this one on our website menus as being on the the Ausable.

Beaver Meadows Falls, our fourth stop on the West River Trail, is actually a series of steps, but the horizontal reach of the steps is trivial compared to the drop, so we are looking at this as a cascade.  You are in a fairly remote area at this location and this is a waterfall that only the die-hard waterfaller/hiker is going to appreciate first-hand.

The waterfall is broken down into three, 20 feet drops, in rapid succession.  The top two sections are both free-fall plunges onto small ledges, and then the final drop is head-long, very close to a free-fall.

The East Branch of the Ausable River joins forces with the west branch downstream at Au Sable Forks to form the Ausable River.  This waterfall rich river empties into Lake Champlain in the town of Peru.

Last update:  May 29, 2020

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