Cooks Falls is a minor series of rapids on the Beaver Kill beside the hamlet of Cooks Falls in Delaware County, New York, not a true waterfall.
The falls
The current listing disqualifies the drop as a waterfall, describing it as minor rapids on the Beaver Kill. Cooks Falls survives only as the historical name of the rapid, taken from the adjoining hamlet.
Getting there
New York's Department of Environmental Conservation maps public fishing rights and angler parking along the Beaver Kill around Cooks Falls, but no waterfall viewpoint, trail or parking for sightseeing is shown, and no other public access beyond the mapped fishing easements has been confirmed. The DEC map is the authoritative guide to legal angler access along this stretch, and mapped fishing rights do not by themselves open the shoreline to other uses.
When to go
The adjoining stretch of the Beaver Kill is a special fishing area, open all year under artificial-lures-only, immediate-release rules.
On site
Viewpoints, swimming rules and any history of incidents at the rapids are not documented.
Nearby
Russell Brook Falls on the East Branch Ausable River is about 4 miles away. Cattail Brook Falls is about 8.2 miles, Sonoma Falls about 10.5 miles, and Bouchoux Hill Falls about 11 miles.
Distances are straight-line.