Upper South Sandy Creek Falls is a waterfall on South Sandy Creek in Jefferson County, New York, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region. It lies about 3.7 miles southwest of Adams and roughly 40.3 miles north of Clay 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. South Sandy Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls along its course.
Jefferson County holds 20 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lower South Sandy Creek Falls, is under a mile away. Lower Sandy Creek Falls, is about 2.8 miles away. Totman Gulf Falls, is about 3.2 miles away.
Upper South Sandy Creek Falls is located at 43.7643° N, 76.0658° 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.