High Falls is a waterfall on West Branch Ausable River in Essex County, New York, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 80 feet. It lies about 7.1 miles northeast of Lake Placid and roughly 106.1 miles north of Schenectady as the crow flies.
At 80 feet it is taller than the typical New York waterfall of about 50.5 feet, ranking 59th of 184 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 35 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, and High Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 63 recorded waterfalls in Essex County. Wilmington Notch Falls, is under a mile away. Flume Fall, The, 50 feet high, is about 2.1 miles away. Monument Falls, 6 feet high, is about 3.2 miles away.
High Falls is located at 44.3485° N, 73.8744° 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.