Verkeerder Kill Falls
Verkeerder Kill Falls is the highest waterfall in Sam's Point Preserve in the Shawangunk Mountains in the town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York. The waterfall has often been reported as 187 feet in height.Photo: Ankafm87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Ulster County, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Verkeerderkill Falls”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Maratanza and Lake Awosting.
Lake Maratanza
Photo: Lithium6ion, Public domain.
Lake Maratanza is the highest lake in New York's Shawangunk Ridge at 2,245 feet above sea level. It is within Sam's Point Preserve. The lake is dammed and supplies drinking water to Ellenville.
Lake Awosting
Photo: Eismcsquare, CC BY 3.0.
Lake Awosting is situated 2½ miles northeast of Verkeerder Kill Falls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cragsmoor and Ellenville.
Cragsmoor
Hamlet
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cragsmoor is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 433 at the 2020 census. Cragsmoor is located atop the Shawangunk Ridge, in the south part of the Town of Wawarsing. Sam's Point Preserve is in Cragsmoor. Cragsmoor is situated 3 miles west of Verkeerder Kill Falls.
Ellenville
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ellenville is a village within the town of Wawarsing, in Ulster County, part of the Catskills region in New York State. Ellenville is near the intersection of routes NY 52 and US 209.
Walker Valley
Village
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walker Valley is a hamlet located in the western part of the Town of Shawangunk in Ulster County, New York, United States, generally thought of as coterminous with the 12588 ZIP code. Walker Valley is situated 4½ miles southwest of Verkeerder Kill Falls.
Verkeerder Kill Falls
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ulster County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.68523° or 41° 41′ 7″ northLongitude
-74.32792° or 74° 19′ 41″ westElevation
1,713 feet (522 metres)Open location code
87H7MMPC+3ROpenStreetMap ID
node 2804065386OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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