Upper Akron Falls is a waterfall on Murder Creek in Erie County, New York, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region. It lies about 0.8 miles southeast of Akron and roughly 15.8 miles northeast of Cheektowaga as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data.
The Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands are a rolling plain of farmland and mixed forest south of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Creeks cut gorges through layered limestone and shale, dropping over ledges in waterfalls, most famously along the Niagara Escarpment.
Erie County holds 14 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Akron Falls, is under a mile away. Indian Falls, is about 4.3 miles away. Jeddo Creek Falls, is about 12.4 miles away.
Upper Akron Falls is located at 43.0145° N, 78.4827° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.