Perryville Falls is a waterfall on Canaseraga Creek in Madison County, New York, in the Northern Allegheny Plateau region, with a total height of about 150 feet. It lies about 3.9 miles southeast of Chittenango and roughly 17.4 miles east of Syracuse as the crow flies.
At 150 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of New York’s 184 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 20th; the typical New York waterfall is about 50.5 feet.
The Northern Allegheny Plateau is a dissected upland of rolling hills and deep valleys in New York and Pennsylvania, with northern hardwood forest and dairy farms. Creeks cut through layered shale and sandstone in gorges lined with waterfalls, as in the Finger Lakes glens. Canaseraga Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Perryville Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 9 recorded waterfalls in Madison County. Chittenango Falls, a 167-foot tiered plunge waterfall, is about 2.8 miles away. Oxbow Falls, is about 3.5 miles away. Buttermilk Falls, is about 5.5 miles away.
Perryville Falls is located at 43.0098° N, 75.8062° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.