Guppy Falls is a waterfall on Kaaterskill Creek in Onondaga County, New York, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region, with a total height of about 100 feet. It lies about 2.5 miles northeast of Skaneateles and roughly 13.3 miles southwest of Syracuse as the crow flies.
At 100 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of New York’s 184 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 43rd; the typical New York waterfall is about 50.5 feet. The water comes down as a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
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. Kaaterskill Creek carries 11 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 150 feet.
There are 21 recorded waterfalls in Onondaga County. Marcellus Falls, a dam waterfall, is about 3.6 miles away. Skaneateles Falls, is about 4.5 miles away. Peppermill Gulf Falls, is about 8.2 miles away.
Guppy Falls is located at 42.9614° N, 76.3834° 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 exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.