Honk Falls is a 75-foot waterfall on Rondout Creek in Ulster County, New York, in the Northern Allegheny Plateau region. It lies about 0.6 miles northwest of Napanoch and roughly 53.8 miles northwest of Danbury as the crow flies.
At 75 feet it is taller than the typical New York waterfall of about 50.5 feet, ranking 65th of 184 with a recorded height.
The Northern Allegheny Plateau is a dissected upland of rolling hills and deep valleys in New York and Pennsylvania, with northern hardwood forest and dairy farms. Creeks cut through layered shale and sandstone in gorges lined with waterfalls, as in the Finger Lakes glens. Rondout Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Honk Falls is the tallest of them.
Ulster County holds 49 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Napanoch Falls, is under a mile away. Fantinekill Falls, is about 1.6 miles away. Hanging Rock Falls, is about 2.5 miles away.
Honk Falls is located at 41.7483° N, 74.3822° 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.