| Directions
From NY 72 in the village of Parishville,
Catherine Street is the first intersection north of the
bridge over the St. Regis River. When you leave the
village, this becomes the Sylvan Falls Road. In
about 5.3 miles, the pavement ends. At about 6.8
miles, you will come to Sylvan Falls on your right. |
| County: |
St Lawrence |
| Town: |
Hopkinton |
| USGS Map: |
Sylvan Falls |
| Waterway: |
St. Regis River
West Branch |
| Latitude: |
N 44.57680o
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| Longitude: |
W 74.70958o
|
| Drop: |
20' |
| Type: |
NA |
| Region: |
Off NY 72 in the
village of Parishville |
| Parking: |
NA |
| Trail type: |
NA |
| Length of hike: |
NA |
| Difficulty: |
NA |
| Accessibility: |
Private |
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At some point down this road, you will reach a sign that
indicates that all of the property beyond that point is private
and posted. The road however, is public. When you come
to Sylvan Falls, you will see it from the road.
Your vantage point is not terribly good. You can see the
falls and you are less than 100 feet from it, but the property is
all posted. Please honor this. The channel here
appears to narrow as the water plunges around a small rock island
in the middle of the channel. There might be other drops
below it but they may simply be rapids. It appears to be a
beautiful waterfall but you simply can't get any closer to it.
Above the drop, there is a wide spot in the road where there is
a footbridge. Under it there is a small drop and looking
downstream you are looking over the crest of the falls, but that
isn't very impressive!
Looking at contour maps of this area, it appears that the
location is actually only part of the river. The area behind
it is actually an island but what is happening in the channel on
the other side is even more of a mystery to us because you can't
get there.
If anyone has any information about this waterfall, we would be
very interested in hearing
from you. The West Branch of the St. Regis River
flows into the main channel in Winthrop. The St. Regis River
then flows to the St. Lawrence River almost on the US/Canada
border a few miles northeast of Massena, New York.
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