Chasm Falls is a 125-foot waterfall on Salmon River in Franklin County, New York, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 7.9 miles southeast of Malone and roughly 124.3 miles northeast of Utica as the crow flies.
At 125 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of New York’s 184 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 33rd; the typical New York waterfall is about 50.5 feet. The tallest single drop is 30 feet. 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. Salmon River carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Chasm Falls is the tallest of them.
Franklin County holds 11 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. High Falls, is about 3.5 miles away. Little Trout River Falls, 16 feet high, is about 10.9 miles away. Everton Falls, 18 feet high, is about 11.2 miles away.
Chasm Falls is located at 44.7461° N, 74.2226° 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.