| Directions
Travel NY 12 to Lyons Falls. Find the bridge crossing
the Black River and continue on the Lyonsdale Road.
About a mile before the Agers Falls Public Recreation Area,
you will find a parking lot on your left with signage indicating
the "Moose River Hiking Trail". Park here.
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| County: |
Lewis |
| Town: |
Lyonsdale |
| USGS Map: |
Port Leyden |
| Waterway: |
Moose River |
| Latitude: |
N 43° 37' 17" |
| Longitude: |
W 75° 19' 4" |
| Drop: |
15' |
| Type: |
Rapids |
| Region: |
East of Lyons Falls |
| Parking: |
Unpaved lot |
| Trail type: |
Dirt/rock |
| Length of hike: |
20 minutes |
| Difficulty: |
Easy |
| Accessibility: |
Public |
| Name: |
Unnamed |
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Follow the trail from here and when you reach the river, you
will be at a small waterfall/stretch of rapids known as Powerline.
Continue along the path upstream for another 1/4 mile or so and
you will come to a very nice waterfall that the whitewater community
has dubbed Shurform. A short distance above this is a stretch
we have dubbed "Shurform Upper".
There are no less than a dozen drops and stretches of rapids
on the Bottom and Lower Moose. Although none of them are officially
named, the whitewater community has attached monikers to many.
This particular stretch is not labeled. It is, however, a
pretty stretch of the river. There is a small falls of three
or four feet followed by a stretch of rapids. The total drop
is close to 15 feet over about 70 feet of the river.
The Moose River flows into the Black River just a few miles downstream
from this location in Lyons Falls. The Black empties into
Lake Ontario in the Jefferson County community of Dexter.
Last update: January 28, 2016
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