Stream Agawamuck Creek

Greater watershed Claverack Creek → Stockport Creek → Hudson River → New York Bay

Height They claim it's 46m/150ft, but I doubt that

Form A sort of steep multi-stepped slide

Volume Usually pretty moderate, but thundery when I visited

General location Middle of nowhere, Columbia County, New York

Specific location roughly in the middle of the village of Philmont

Trail access 15-20 minute walk to official viewpoint, steep and muddy scramble and/or optional creek walk to base

Bonus waterfalls During the optional creek walk portion of my visit I spotted a bonus waterfall cascading down the side of the rather steep gorge. I don't think this usually flows, and believe it's overflow from the dam above the falls.

There's also a short drop audible through the trees from the parking area—from the glimpse I caught of it it looks like it could be another dam of some kind, or perhaps just an unusually square waterfall.

 

One of many High Fallses in New York, this waterfall is definitely among the most impressive in the region. I did manage to catch it with freakishly high flow (it was a rainy summer; it was raining for most of the day, let up while I hiked to the falls, then resumed on the way back) but as the pictures I've seen suggest that may have been to its disadvantage. See its website if you'd like.

 

Agawamuck apparently means "stream of many fish", and joins up with Taghkanic Creek to form Claverack Creek, one of the many creeks and streams in New York and Pennsylvania that makes one wonder why they're not considered full-blown rivers. (Schoharie Creek in the Catskills and West Canada Creek in the Adirondacks are among the worst offenders.)