Melzingah Falls is a waterfall on Gordons Brook in Dutchess County, New York, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 10 feet. It lies about 2.5 miles south of Beacon and roughly 27.4 miles west of Danbury as the crow flies.
At 10 feet it is on the modest side for New York, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50.5 feet; it ranks 174th of 184.
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.
There are 18 recorded waterfalls in Dutchess County. Tioronda Falls, is about 1.4 miles away. Fishkill Ridge Falls, is about 2.4 miles away. Idlewild Falls, is about 3.1 miles away.
Melzingah Falls is located at 41.4687° N, 73.9738° 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 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.