Bucktail Falls
Bucktail Falls is a waterfall in Onondaga, New York. Bucktail Falls is situated nearby to the hamlet Spafford Valley, as well as near Otisco Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ripley Hill and Spafford Forest.
Ripley Hill
Peak
Ripley Hill straddles the divide between the Skaneateles Lake and Otisco Lake watersheds, it was once considered to be the highest point in Onondaga County, New York at 1,986 feet, but is now recognized to be slightly lower than the high point of Highland Forest, Fellows Hill 2019 ft and Morgan Hill at 2060 ft. Ripley Hill is situated 2 miles south of Bucktail Falls.
Spafford Forest
Nature reserve
Spafford Forest is an Onondaga County preserve that provides trails for hiking and dirt biking. It is close to Ripley Hill. Spafford Forest is situated 2½ miles southeast of Bucktail Falls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spafford and Otisco.
Spafford
Village
Photo: Lvklock, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Spafford is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 1,588. The town was named after Horatio Gates Spafford, a writer and founder of the local library. Spafford is situated 1½ miles southwest of Bucktail Falls.
Otisco
Village
Otisco is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 2,368. Otisco is in the southwestern part of the county, situated at the northern edge of the Appalachian Highlands, where an escarpment declines to the Lake Ontario plain and the city of Syracuse five miles to the north. Otisco is situated 3 miles northeast of Bucktail Falls.
Borodino
Hamlet
Borodino is a hamlet located at the intersection of New York State Route 41 and New York State Route 174 in the Town of Spafford in Onondaga County, New York, United States, near Skaneateles Lake. Borodino is situated 6 miles northwest of Bucktail Falls.
Bucktail Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Category: body of water
- Location: Onondaga, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.82208° or 42° 49′ 20″ northLongitude
-76.24108° or 76° 14′ 28″ westElevation
892 feet (272 metres)Open location code
87J5RQC5+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 3479515860OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
5110607
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