Marcellus Falls is a waterfall on Ninemile Creek in Onondaga County, New York, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region. It lies about 1.4 miles north of Marcellus and roughly 10.2 miles west of Syracuse 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 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.
Onondaga County holds 21 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Guppy Falls, a 100-foot plunge waterfall, is about 3.6 miles away. Skaneateles Falls, is about 6 miles away. Peppermill Gulf Falls, is about 8 miles away.
Marcellus Falls is located at 43.0031° N, 76.3399° 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.