Skip to content
Byway
Waterfall · New York

Lower Ghost (Japanese) Falls

Lower Ghost (Japanese) Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Lower Ghost (Japanese) Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 445 m. Hunter Mountain stands 1,228 m to the west-northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Ghost (Japanese) Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
16 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.13083, -74.08262

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Rip Van Winkle Lake Park: 4.9 mi
  • Andy Lee Field: 6.2 mi
  • Woodstock Waterfall Park: 6.6 mi
  • Mountain Top Arboretum: 6.7 mi
  • The Comeau Property: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls: 55
Historic sites: 45
  • Boarding House: 0.2 mi
  • Tory Fort: 2.5 mi
  • Layman's Monument: 4.1 mi
  • cistern: 4.5 mi
  • stone house: 4.6 mi
Museums: 31
Cliffs: 18
  • Devils Kitchen: 0.1 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 1.0 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 1.1 mi
  • Hurricane Ledge: 2.1 mi
  • Ministers Face: 3.4 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Saugerties Beach: 7.9 mi
  • West Landing: 9.9 mi
  • South Landing: 10.0 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Kingston Point Beach: 15.1 mi
Artworks: 16
Gardens: 12
  • The Walled Garden: 9.0 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Blithewood Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Rough Garden: 11.7 mi
  • The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The Old Game Farm: 8.4 mi
  • World's Largest Kaleidoscope: 11.9 mi
  • Rail Explorers: 12.1 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 15.6 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 20.1 mi
Springs: 6
  • Devil's Acre spring: 8.0 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 12.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 17.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 17.7 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Lower Ghost (Japanese) Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hunter MountainWNW 293°1,228.34 m8.2 mi
Black DomeNNW 348°1,217.37 m9.8 mi
Thomas Cole MountainNNW 344°1,204.87 m10.0 mi
BlackheadN 353°1,200.91 m9.5 mi
West Kill MountainWNW 284°1,186 m10.9 mi
Plateau MountainW 276°1,168.91 m4.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 270°1,160 m3.5 mi
Southwest Hunter MountainWNW 285°1,140 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2119:5420:37
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:2215:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435463686660483828
Precip in4.94.05.75.24.86.05.56.36.37.04.97.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Platte Clove, under a mile away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Jan, Mar–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs5.23.86.39.76.32.33.03.82.44.25.27.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Myrtle Brook AT State Hwy 214 AT Edgewood NY, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7851295974

More waterfalls in New York

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore waterfalls
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Lower Ghost (Japanese) Falls.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens