| County: |
Oswego |
| Town: |
Redfield |
| USGS Map: |
Redfield |
| Waterway: |
Mad River North
Branch |
| Latitude: |
N 43.59692o |
| Longitude: |
W 75.81777o |
| Drop: |
8' |
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The Mad River Falls are accessible at the end of the Otto Mills
Drive which is a seasonally maintained dirt road off Oswego County
Route 17, in the area of the Battle Hill State Forest. Otto
Mills Drive is off the east side of CR 17, which runs north/south
in the northeast corner of the county. You will find the
junction of Otto Mills and CR 17 a couple of miles north of the
hamlet of Redfield. You will drive down this road about 1.7
miles where the road ends. Actually, the road descends to
the river, but it looked more like an ATV trail so we opted to
park and walk.
There is a road heading downstream from the Otto Mills Drive,
but many sections are labeled as private property. It is
known that this section is a DEC fishing access site so the
riverbank is accessible. We found this waterfall a little
over 0.1 mile from the end of the Otto Mills Drive.
There is still some doubt on our part as to whether or not this
is the waterfall known as Mad River Falls. After additional
viewing of maps on our return from the second trip to this site,
we discovered that perhaps we should have gone still further
downstream. We are continuing to research this and suspect
another trip will be required. This will have to wait until
2012 however.
The Mad River dumps into the Salmon River, which flows into
Lake Ontario.
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