Cohoes Falls
Cohoes Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Bald Mountain stands 757 m to the east, 22 miles off. Mohawk Towpath Byway runs past it.
The story
Cohoes Falls (Mohawk: Kahón:ios, "a boat is in the water/is actively submerged") 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 (300 m) wide, between 75 and 90 ft (23 and 27 m) 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 (due to water diverted to fill canal locks and generate power).
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Wikidata Q37992, matched on coordinates and name (52 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 27 m
How to reach it
- On the Mohawk Towpath Byway, National
- 1.6 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 11.7 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 21.6 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mohawk River view · 2 mi
- Lock 7 Dam · 7 mi
- Saratoga Sword Surrender Site Hudson River Overlook · 22 mi
- Eagle Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 18: 0.2 mi
- Cohoes Honor Roll: 0.3 mi
- Col. Robert R. Craner: 0.3 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 17: 0.3 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 16: 0.5 mi
- Cohoes Overlook Park: 0.3 mi
- Col. Robert R. Craner Veterans Park: 0.3 mi
- Sunset Park: 0.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Pond Park: 0.6 mi
- Berkley Park: 0.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Olympus: 3.3 mi
- Mount Rafinesque: 4.7 mi
- Rice Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Piser Hill: 8.1 mi
- Fox Preserve: 4.4 mi
- HVCC: 4.5 mi
- Hayes Nature Park: 4.7 mi
- HVCC: 4.9 mi
- Osgood Woods: 4.9 mi
- Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center: 0.8 mi
- Van Schaick Mansion: 1.8 mi
- Herman Melville House: 1.8 mi
- Kate Mullany House: 3.6 mi
- Hart-Cluett Mansion: 4.1 mi
- Tenth Street Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Ninth Street Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Brinton and Avery's Place: 4.1 mi
- Avery's Garden: 4.2 mi
- Gretchen's Garden: 4.2 mi
- Piscawen Falls: 3.6 mi
- Poesten Kill Falls: 4.8 mi
- Poesten Kill Falls: 4.9 mi
- Swatling Falls: 5.4 mi
- Upper Burden Falls: 5.7 mi
- Uncle Sam's Grave: 2.7 mi
- United Methodist Church bell: 3.8 mi
- Saint Brigid's Bell: 5.5 mi
- Stanford Mausoleum: 5.6 mi
- William Learned Marcy Grave: 5.6 mi
- Water Turbine: 0.3 mi
- Clinton's Ditch: 0.4 mi
- Nipper the RCA Dog: 8.7 mi
- Unity 1970: 9.1 mi
- Mayor Thomas Whalen III: 9.6 mi
- Spring Avenue Spring: 5.1 mi
- Karista Spring: 18.8 mi
- Tallulah Spring: 18.8 mi
- Polaris: 18.8 mi
- non-carbonated water: 18.8 mi
- Cohoes Falls: 0.0 mi
- Crystal Cliff: 12.5 mi
- Helderberg Escarpment: 17.6 mi
- Cave Wall: 18.0 mi
- Helderberg Escarpment: 18.0 mi
- Brunswick Vanderheyden Reservoir Park Beach: 4.0 mi
- Waterfront: 10.6 mi
- Collins Park Beach: 12.8 mi
- Brown's Beach: 13.8 mi
- Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 19.3 mi
- Clifton Park Rest Area: 7.1 mi
- Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 14.0 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Cohoes Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | E 94° | 757 m | 21.6 mi |
| Rocky Hill | ESE 119° | 625 m | 19.1 mi |
| Perigo Hill | ESE 124° | 571 m | 14.9 mi |
| Buck Rock | ESE 123° | 562 m | 19.5 mi |
| The Gipfel | SE 131° | 561 m | 16.1 mi |
| Dickinson Hill | E 88° | 537 m | 15.0 mi |
| Johnson Hill | SE 137° | 537 m | 18.5 mi |
| Buckwheat Hill | SE 136° | 530 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:54 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:38 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Troy L&D, 3 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Jan, Mar–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 6,210 | 5,916 | 11,414 | 13,781 | 6,829 | 3,985 | 2,675 | 2,078 | 2,421 | 3,868 | 5,820 | 6,899 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mohawk River AT Cohoes NY, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1153892310
Day trips start here
- Cohoes · 1 mi
- Troy · 4 mi
- Watervliet · 4 mi
- Clifton Park · 8 mi
- Albany · 10 mi
- Capital District · 10 mi
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