Talcott Falls is a 40-foot waterfall on Stony Creek in Adams, Jefferson County, New York, about 2.6 miles northeast of Adams Center. The waterfall lies in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands, a rolling plain south of Lake Ontario where creeks cut gorges through limestone and shale and drop over ledges in waterfalls.
The falls
World Waterfall Database attributes the roughly 40-foot height to lidar, on a record it marks unconfirmed. A second opinion gives the height as 35 feet and describes the falls as a ribbon cascade. Stony Creek carries five recorded waterfalls along its course, and Jefferson County holds 20 recorded waterfalls in total.
Getting there
The falls sit on private land in Adams, with no parking area. They can be seen from a distance off the road, and the public right-of-way is the only place from which visitors may legally view them.
History and name
Talcott Falls is the official name recorded for the waterfall.
Nearby
Beaver Falls is about 4.8 miles away, Sandy Creek Falls on Sandy Creek about 6.4 miles, Burrville Falls on Jacobs Creek about 6.5 miles, and Boynton Creek Falls on Boynton Creek about 6.6 miles.
Distances are straight-line.