Verkeerderkill Falls
Verkeerderkill Falls is a waterfall in New York, at a modelled elevation of 533 m. Table Mountain stands 1,166 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is High Point, a peak 1.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
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 (57 m) in height. However, a 2025 measurement organized by local historian and naturalist Marc B. Fried determined the height to be 79 feet (24 m), based on inclinometer measurements and trigonometric calculation. The falls are accessible via a three-mile-long (4.8 km) trail that branches from the main trail in Sam's Point Preserve and forms part of the Long Path. The waterfall is named after the stream that feeds it. It may be viewed from both the base and from above near the edge of a rocky outcrop. Verkeerder Kill Falls is known for its white plume during periods of high runoff. The surrounding terrain is characterized by dwarf pitch pine barrens typical of the Shawangunk Ridge, with views toward the Catskills, Taconics, Poconos, and Kittatinny Mountains on clear days.
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Wikidata Q7920717, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 27.4 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Overlooks nearby
- Panther Rock · 3 mi
- Beacon Hill · 6 mi
- Compass Rock · 7 mi
- Hawkwatch · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Point: 1.5 mi
- Murray Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mount Don Bosco: 2.0 mi
- Losees Hill: 2.5 mi
- Mount Meenahga: 2.6 mi
- Berme Road Park: 3.4 mi
- Mill Street Park: 3.7 mi
- Bob Mangels Botanical Gardens: 3.9 mi
- Liberty Square: 4.0 mi
- Mildred & Louis Resnick Park: 4.1 mi
- Gnome Chomsky: 8.1 mi
- Large Hybrid, 1971: 13.2 mi
- Sojourner Truth Statue: 19.3 mi
- Dutchess County Map: 20.2 mi
- Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 20.5 mi
- Berrypicker Shack: 1.8 mi
- High Point Fire Tower Site: 1.8 mi
- Bear: 2.1 mi
- Fly Brook Bridge Abutment: 2.4 mi
- House & Generator Shack Ruins: 3.2 mi
- Borscht Belt Museum: 4.1 mi
- Napanoch Station: 4.2 mi
- Pine Bush UFO Museum: 5.4 mi
- Fire Department Museum: 10.9 mi
- Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 11.0 mi
- Indian Rock: 1.7 mi
- Sams Point: 1.9 mi
- Margaret Cliff: 2.5 mi
- Castle Point: 3.1 mi
- Battlement Terrace: 3.1 mi
- Open Space Institute lands: 1.7 mi
- Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 3.0 mi
- Witch's Hole State Forest: 3.0 mi
- Bear Hill Preserve (Cragsmoor Free Library): 3.7 mi
- Millbrook Cliff Conservancy: 5.5 mi
- Overturned 1938 Truck: 3.1 mi
- Swimming Hole: 8.0 mi
- Ulster County Fair: 11.0 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 12.0 mi
- Historic Huguenot District: 13.3 mi
- Witches Hole Waterfall: 2.8 mi
- Stony Kill Falls: 3.2 mi
- North Gully Falls: 3.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.3 mi
- Nevele Falls: 3.5 mi
- Buddah Garden: 4.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.0 mi
- SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 12.8 mi
- The Meditation Garden: 18.1 mi
- Cut Garden: 20.5 mi
- Lake Awosting Beach: 2.4 mi
- Lake Minnewaska Beach: 5.5 mi
- Scuba Diving Access Area: 5.7 mi
- Wanaksink Lake Beach: 13.6 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 16.2 mi
- Box Spring: 12.0 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 16.4 mi
- Bear Wallow: 16.7 mi
- Rail-Trail Spring: 16.8 mi
- Piped Spring: 18.2 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Verkeerderkill Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain | NNW 348° | 1,166 m | 19.3 mi |
| Peekamoose Mountain | N 349° | 1,164 m | 18.9 mi |
| Lone Mountain | N 351° | 1,128 m | 19.9 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | N 353° | 1,063 m | 20.0 mi |
| Van Wyck Mountain | NNW 343° | 976 m | 19.3 mi |
| Ashokan High Point | N 7° | 939 m | 16.7 mi |
| Woodhull Mountain | NNW 339° | 931 m | 19.3 mi |
| Denman Mountain | NW 324° | 929 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:54 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:46 | 16:31 |
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 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mohonk Lake, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,291 | 1,402 | 2,296 | 1,903 | 1,181 | 791 | 497 | 485 | 579 | 649 | 1,003 | 1,320 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Wallkill River AT Gardiner NY, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2804065386
Day trips start here
- Cold Spring · 27 mi
- Highlands · 30 mi
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