Beardslee Falls is a 40-foot waterfall on East Canada Creek in Herkimer County, New York, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region. It lies about 3.3 miles northwest of Saint Johnsville and roughly 25.4 miles east of Utica as the crow flies.
At 40 feet it is on the modest side for New York, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50.5 feet; it ranks 111th of 184. The tallest single drop is 25 feet. By form it is a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. East Canada Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Beardslee Falls is the tallest of them.
Herkimer County holds 19 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Grist Mill Falls, is about 2.6 miles away. Hills Falls, is about 2.7 miles away. Scudder Falls, is about 3.5 miles away.
Beardslee Falls is located at 43.0199° N, 74.7417° 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.