New York
Cohoes Falls
10 mi from Albany · ~15 min drive
89ft tall
≈ 27 m
≈ 27 m
Cohoes Falls is a named waterfall in New York — a 89-foot drop, about 10 miles from Albany, NY. Full visit details below.
- State
- New York
- Nearest city
- Albany, NY · 10 mi · ~15 min drive
- Height
- 89 ft (27 m)
- Coordinates
- 42.7877°, -73.7090°
- County
- Saratoga
From Wikipedia: 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 (300 m) 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. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Cohoes Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Cohoes Falls
The exact location is at 42.7877°, -73.7090° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Albany, NY — 10 miles away (~15 min drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Cohoes Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.