Twin Falls

Twin Falls drops 23 feet in two stages on Glen Creek in Schuyler County, New York, close to a roadside trailhead on the Finger Lakes Trail.

The falls

The two back-to-back drops are classified as tiered horsetails, fed by runoff from a small, 2.9-square-mile forested basin with no standing-water source; summer flow can run low except after heavy rain. The tallest of the two drops measures 14 feet. NYFalls splits the fall differently, into a roughly 15-foot upper cascade and an 11- to 13-foot lower drop.

Getting there

Roadside parking is available at the M14 Access 3 trailhead on dirt Templar Road, with a wide shoulder for pull-offs. From there, the blazed Finger Lakes Trail reaches the upper crest in under 50 feet. Seeing the lower drop from the front means crossing Glen Creek, which has no bridge, then about 100 feet of unmarked scrambling over muddy, slippery limestone. Admission is reported as free. A Finger Lakes Trail Conference event in October 2026 uses the same Templar Road trailhead, and no closure has been posted there.

When to go

The falls run year-round, though flow is variable and not always strong.

On site

The upper crest is an easy stop on the blazed trail; the lower frontal view requires fording the creek and scrambling over slick limestone, so sturdy footwear helps. The site is not wheelchair accessible, and pets are allowed but not recommended. Swimming rules and any deaths or rescues at the falls are not documented.

History and name

Twin Falls is an unofficial name dating to the 1950s; Templar Falls, tied to nearby Templar Road, is used as an alternate. A grist mill stood below the falls in the 1850s, and a sawmill appears at the site on an 1875 map.

Nearby

Mile Point Falls and Pluto Falls, both on Glen Creek, are each about 3.9 miles away. Triple Cascade, also on Glen Creek, and Rainbow Falls are each about 4.1 miles away.

Distances are straight-line.