Colton Falls is a 60-foot waterfall on Raquette River in St. Lawrence County, New York, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region. It lies about 4.2 miles south of Hannawa Falls and roughly 101.6 miles north of Utica as the crow flies.
At 60 feet it is taller than the typical New York waterfall of about 50.5 feet, ranking 83rd of 184 with a recorded height.
The Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands are a rolling plain of farmland and mixed forest south of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Creeks cut gorges through layered limestone and shale, dropping over ledges in waterfalls, most famously along the Niagara Escarpment. Raquette River carries 15 recorded waterfalls, and Colton Falls is the tallest of them.
St. Lawrence County holds 58 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Middle Colton Falls, is under a mile away. Lower Colton Falls, is under a mile away. Higley Falls, a dam waterfall, is about 1.8 miles away.
Colton Falls is located at 44.5560° N, 74.9400° 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.