| Directions
Just north of Saranac Lake on NY 3 is
the hamlet of Bloomingdale. Just north of this, you will
come to the Fletcher Farm Road on the right. Follow
this and it will become Rock Street. Take a right at
the "T" when this road ends and you will shortly
come to the waterfall/dam on the right. |
| County: |
Clinton |
| Town: |
Black Brook |
| USGS Map: |
Alder Brook |
| Waterway: |
Saranac River |
| Latitude: |
N 44.50734o |
| Longitude: |
W 73.91600o |
| Drop: |
20' |
| Type: |
Curtain cascade |
| Region: |
Off NY 3 between
Saranac Lake and Plattsburgh |
| Parking: |
Roadside |
| Trail type: |
NA |
| Length of hike: |
NA |
| Difficulty: |
Easy |
| Accessibility: |
Public |
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The location at Union Falls is now an operating hydro-electric
facility run by National Grid, but there is still a waterfall
below it and you have unobstructed views of it from the highway
and bridge.
The dam above the falls is about ten feet high. To its
right is a wooden structure that might be an operator's
station. The waterfall is formed at the bottom of the dam
where the water flows through and over a rocky, craggy
outcrop. The channel below the falls is narrow and makes a
gentle bend to river-right where it flows under the bridge.
There are a couple of steps on the down-river side of the bridge
and there is another portion of the hydro facility off to the left
in that area.
The Saranac River flows into Lake Champlain in Plattsburgh.
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