A 260-foot Haines Falls waterfall painted since the 1800s. Walk the easy quarter-mile to the upper platform or descend 200 stone steps to the base.
Kaaterskill Falls has drawn painters and writers since the 19th century, featured in paintings, essays, and poetry. The two-tier cascade plunges 260 feet into a rocky amphitheater. It runs torrential in spring from snowmelt, misty in summer, and is surrounded by foliage in fall.
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