| 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 44.12958o
|
| Longitude: |
W 73.81718o
|
| 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 |
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Please refer to our page for the general information on The Adirondack Mountain Reserve. This
waterfall is located within that facility.
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.
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