Cohoes Falls
Cohoes Falls is a waterfall on the Mohawk River shared by the city of Cohoes and the town of Waterford, New York. It is roughly 1,000 ft wide, between 75 and 90 ft in height, and compares favorably in other measures to Niagara Falls, yet has no tourist industry and in fact dries up entirely in dry summers.Photo: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall
- Also known as: “Chahoos”, “Ga-ha-oose”, and “Great Falls of the Mohawk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Van Schaick House and Matton Shipyard.
Van Schaick House
Museum
Photo: Tsf01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Van Schaick House is a historic home located on Van Schaick Island at Cohoes in Albany County, New York. It was built about 1735 for Anthony Van Schaick, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, brick dwelling with a gambrel roof. Van Schaick House is situated 2 miles southeast of Cohoes Falls.
Matton Shipyard
Historic site
Photo: Tsf01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Matton Shipyard is a historic shipyard and canal boat service yard located on Van Schaick Island at Cohoes in Albany County, New York. It consists of eight extant buildings, various surviving features, and archaeological remains dating to the period 1916 to 1983 when the site functioned as a shipyard, repair facility, and towboat operation on the New York State Barge Canal and Champlain Canal. Matton Shipyard is situated 1½ miles southeast of Cohoes Falls.
Herman Melville House
Museum
Photo: Midnightdreary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Herman Melville House is a historic home located at Lansingburgh in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. It was a home of author Herman Melville between 1838 and 1847. Herman Melville House is situated 2 miles southeast of Cohoes Falls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cohoes and Crescent Station.
Cohoes
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cohoes is a city in Albany County on the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers, where the Mohawk forms several channels and islands.
Crescent Station
Hamlet
Crescent Station is a hamlet of the town of Colonie in Albany County, New York, United States that straddles US Route 9.
Boght Corners
Hamlet
Boght Corners is a hamlet in the town of Colonie in northern Albany County, New York, United States, that straddles U.S. Route 9. The corners that give the hamlet its name are found at the intersection of Route 9 and Boght Road, near the Boght Community Fire District's station. Boght Corners is situated 2 miles west of Cohoes Falls.
Cohoes Falls
- Category: body of water
- Location: Saratoga, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.78768° or 42° 47′ 16″ northLongitude
-73.70896° or 73° 42′ 32″ westElevation
125 feet (38 metres)Height
89 feet (27 metres)Open location code
87J8Q7QR+3COpenStreetMap ID
node 1153892310OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
5113134Wikidata ID
Q37992
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Cohoes Falls” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cascades Cohoes”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوهويس فالس”
- Japanese: “コーホーズ滝”
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار کوهوس”
- Mazanderani: “کوهوس ئوشار”
- Persian: “آبشار کوهوس”
- Persian: “ابشار کوهوس”
- Tajik: “Куҳус”
- Tajik: “Обшори Куҳус”
- Tajik: “Шаршараи Куҳус”
- Urdu: “کوہوس آبشار”
- Western Panjabi: “کوہوس آبشار”
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