New York
Salmon River Falls
36 mi from Syracuse · ~1.0 hr drive
No height recorded
Salmon River Falls is a named waterfall in New York — about 36 miles from Syracuse, NY. Full visit details below.
- State
- New York
- Nearest city
- Syracuse, NY · 36 mi · ~1.0 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 43.5478°, -75.9400°
- County
- Oswego
From Wikipedia: The Salmon River Falls is a 110-foot (34 m) waterfall on the Salmon River in Oswego County, New York in the United States. It is located approximately 15 miles inland from the river's confluence with Lake Ontario within the 112-acre (0.45 km2) Salmon River Falls Unique Area, which is managed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The falls and surrounding land are open to the public and are a popular sightseeing destination within the region. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Salmon River Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Salmon River Falls
The exact location is at 43.5478°, -75.9400° — 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 — 36 miles away (~1.0 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Salmon River 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.