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Union Falls

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° 30' 26"
Longitude: W 73° 54' 58"
Drop: 20'
Type: Curtain cascade
Region: Off NY 3 between Saranac Lake and Plattsburgh
Parking: Roadside
Trail type: Roadside
Length of hike: Roadside
Difficulty: Easy
Accessibility: Public
Name: Common

Alder Brook Quadrangle

Waterfall videoThe 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.

Last update:  May 10, 2016

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