| County: |
Hamilton |
| Town: |
Indian Lake |
| USGS Map: |
Indian Lake |
| Waterway: |
Squaw Brook |
| Latitude: |
N 43.74072o |
| Longitude: |
W 74.29538o |
| Drop: |
~10' |
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From the village of Indian Lake, take NYS Route 30 south for about
3.4 miles. You will cross a bridge at this point.
These falls are under the bridge on the lake side of the highway.
The falls can be seen from above on the bridge, but you will
want to descend to the lake level to get a better view. As
you face the lake from the bridge, the land to your right is
posted. The left side, however is not. There is no
path per se, but you should be able to find several ways
down. The easiest is to walk north until the guard rails
ends. Walk perpendicular to the road and there is a nice
easy path to the water.
The falls themselves are quite small, as is the brook they are
on, but there are a couple of very interesting features about this
location. First of all, most waterfalls are found on a river
or stream somewhere upstream of its outlet. Very few
waterfalls fall directly into a lake or pond that is its
outlet. This one does. Squaw Brook Falls falls into a
bay on Indian Lake, which is a good sized Adirondack Lake. A
second interesting note is that these falls are for the most part
directly under a bridge. Perhaps thousands of vehicles pass
over this bridge without the occupants ever realizing that there
is actually a waterfall under them. Certainly, many people
go over it numerous times without learning of its existance.
The Squaw Brook enters Indian Lake. The stretch from here
to Lake Abanakee is the beginning of the Indian River. This
Indian River, not to be confused with the Indian River in
Jefferson County further to the northwest, feeds the Hudson River. The
water from here eventually makes its way to the Atlantic Ocean.
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