Flume Fall, The is a 50-foot waterfall on West Branch Ausable River in Essex County, New York, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 9.2 miles northeast of Lake Placid and roughly 107.4 miles north of Schenectady as the crow flies.
At 50 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 93rd of 184. The tallest single drop is 25 feet.
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. West Branch Ausable River carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 80 feet.
Essex County holds 63 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Wilmington Notch Falls, is about 1.5 miles away. High Falls, 80 feet high, is about 2.1 miles away. Monument Falls, 6 feet high, is about 5.3 miles away.
Flume Fall, The is located at 44.3664° N, 73.8406° 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.