Ancram Falls is a waterfall on Roeliff Jansen Kill in Columbia County, New York, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 5 miles north of Pine Plains and roughly 42.1 miles south of Albany as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a dam-created falls, where a man-made structure creates the drop.
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.
Columbia County holds 8 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. South Brace Mountain Falls, is about 7.2 miles away. Bash Bish Falls, a 150-foot tiered waterfall, is about 8.5 miles away across the state line in Massachusetts. Sages Ravine Falls, is about 9.6 miles away across the state line in Massachusetts.
Ancram Falls is located at 42.0503° N, 73.6340° 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.