Monument 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 6 feet. It lies about 4 miles northeast of Lake Placid and roughly 103.5 miles north of Schenectady as the crow flies.
At 6 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 184 New York waterfalls with a documented height only 0 are shorter, while the typical New York waterfall stands around 50.5 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.
There are 63 recorded waterfalls in Essex County. High Falls, 80 feet high, is about 3.2 miles away. Wilmington Notch Falls, is about 3.8 miles away. Black Mountain Falls, is about 4.1 miles away.
Monument Falls is located at 44.3117° N, 73.9152° 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.