New York
Horseshoe Falls
45 mi from Syracuse · ~1.3 hr drive
No height recorded
Horseshoe Falls is a named waterfall in New York — about 45 miles from Syracuse, NY. Full visit details below.
- State
- New York
- Nearest city
- Syracuse, NY · 45 mi · ~1.3 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 42.4520°, -76.4859°
- County
- Niagara
From Wikipedia: Horseshoe Falls is the largest of the three waterfalls that collectively form Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the Canada–United States border. Approximately 90% of the Niagara River, after around half the water is diverted for hydropower generation, flows over Horseshoe Falls. The remaining 10% flows over American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls. It is located between Terrapin Point on Goat Island in the US state of New York, and Table Rock in the Canadian province of Ontario. These falls are also referred to as the Canadian Falls. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Horseshoe Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Horseshoe Falls
The exact location is at 42.4520°, -76.4859° — 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 Syracuse, NY — 45 miles away (~1.3 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Horseshoe 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.