| County: |
Hamilton |
| Town: |
Wells |
| USGS Map: |
Page Mountain |
| Waterway: |
Sacandaga River |
| Latitude: |
N 43.51305o
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| Longitude: |
W 74.30900o
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| Drop: |
~20' |
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Christine Falls is located on a stretch of NYS Routes 30 and 8
that run together from Speculator to just north of Wells.
3.0 miles east of where these highways come together in Speculator
you will come to the Old Route 30 on your left. Just past
this corner, the road
will take a bend to the left and about 0.3 miles there is a break in the wire guard rails on your
left. This is the entrance to the "parking area"
for Christine Falls. If you are traveling from the south,
this point is a little over 6 miles from where 30 and 8 split just
north of Wells.
You will drive down a short embankment over a stone road to get
to the parking area. From here, you will find a trail at the
end of the area that leads to the base of the falls.
These falls are located just downstream from a hydro
facility. They are a multi-step falls, in two distinct
sections. The top section contains a number of steps and
slides. A hundred feet or so downstream is the lower
section. To return to your vehicle, you can actually climb
the embankment and you will end up at the other end of the parking
area from where you entered.
The Sacandaga River flows through a number of lakes as it makes
its way to the Hudson River whose final destination is the Atlantic Ocean.
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