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Nichols Brook Tributary Falls

Directions

In the hamlet of Keene, follow NY 73 northwest.  In 0.7 mile, the Alstead Mill Road will exit on your right.  At some point the pavement ends and this becomes a dirt road before ending in 3.0 miles.  

County: Essex
Town: Keene
USGS Map: Lake Placid
Waterway: Unnamed tributary to Nichols Brook
Latitude: N 44o 15' 40"
Longitude: W 73o 52' 04"
Drop: 15'
Type: Ribbon slide
Region: Off NY 73 just north of Keene
Parking: Unpaved lot
Trail type: Dirt
Length of hike: 1.0 mile one-way
Difficulty: Moderate
Accessibility: Public
Name: Unnamed

Keene Quadrangle

There is a parking area at the end of this road.  It appears to be shared by a guide service that is housed in a building there and for the Jack Rabbit Cross County Ski Trail.  The trailhead for this is at the end of the parking lot.  Signs on trees show that this is state land.  About 3/4 mile down the trail, you will cross a wooden bridge over an unnamed stream which contains this waterfall.  One-tenth of a mile or so further down the trail you will come to a clear swampy area.  Just before this clearing, veer right from the trail.  You are less than 1/10 of a mile from the waterfall at this point.  This part of the trail is not as clear.  As you approach the stream, you will want to bear left and make your way upstream to the waterfall.

The waterfall slides through an s-shaped path in the crags of the rocks.  Although you can get right in the stream and the falls itself, the best pictures couldn't be taken because of branches and pieces of trees in the pool at the base of the falls.  It is possible to stand in the pool but you really aren't able to get back far enough because of all of the debris.

This tributary joins the Nichols Brook by the bridge where you crossed it.  This, in turn, flows into the East Branch of the Ausable River which then joins forces with the west branch in Ausable Forks.  The combined Ausable River empties into Lake Champlain in the town of Peru.

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