Elmer Falls is a waterfall on Beaver River in Lewis County, New York, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 25 feet. It lies about 14 miles northeast of Lowville and roughly 57.2 miles north of Utica as the crow flies.
At 25 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 137th of 184. The water comes down as a dam-created falls, where a man-made structure creates the drop.
The Northeastern Highlands are the mountains of northern New England and the Adirondacks, with spruce-fir on the summits and northern hardwood forest of maple, beech and birch below, and countless lakes and boulder-strewn brooks. Fast mountain streams drop over granite and gneiss ledges in chains of falls and pools. Beaver River carries 5 recorded waterfalls, and Elmer Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 41 recorded waterfalls in Lewis County. Effley Falls, a dam waterfall, is under a mile away. Taylorville Falls, is about 1.2 miles away. Soft Maple Falls, is about 3.1 miles away.
Elmer Falls is located at 43.9274° N, 75.2883° 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.