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Rock City Falls

Directions

Take NY 29 west from Saratoga Springs.  The hamlet of Rock City will be shortly after North Milton.  Turn left on Rt 49/Rock City Road.  Park after crossing the bridge and make the short walk back to see the falls.

County: Saratoga
Town: Milton
USGS Map: Middle Grove
Waterway: Kayaderosseras Creek
Latitude: N 43° 3' 41"
Longitude: W 73° 55' 3"
Drop: 15'
Type: Curtain cascade
Region: Off NY 29 between Saratoga Springs and Broadalbin
Parking: Roadside
Trail type: NA
Length of hike: None
Difficulty: Easy
Accessibility: Public
Name: Common

Warrensburg Quadrangle

This waterfall, once known as Big Falls, is visible from the bridge over the creek.  We assume this is a popular picture-taking spot.  Although there is a chain-link fence along the edges of the bridge, presumably to keep people from jumping into the water below, there is a small hinged "door" that can be opened so that the fence doesn't obscure your photos.  There is a hydro-electric dam above the falls.

It might seem to some that the industrial buildings adjacent to the falls mar the beauty of the falls, and perhaps so, but the buildings are part of the history of the town of Rock City Falls and of the falls too.  Adjacent to the bridge, there is a stone mill building that bears the inscription "Rock City Mills 1859".  The town gets its name from the waterfall, but interestingly enough, the falls is not registered on the USGS GNIS.  

The Kayaderosseras Creek empties into Saratoga Lake.  The flow then goes through Fish Creek to the Hudson River in Schuylerville.  The Hudson empties into the Atlantic Ocean in New York City.

Last update:  November 8, 2015

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