Phelps Falls is a waterfall on Phelps Brook in Essex County, New York, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 9.3 miles east of North Elba and roughly 96.2 miles north of Schenectady as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data.
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.
Essex County holds 63 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Mossy Cascade, 40 feet high, is about 2.3 miles away. Hulls Falls, 15 feet high, is about 2.5 miles away. Deer Brook Falls, is about 2.7 miles away.
Phelps Falls is located at 44.2012° N, 73.7751° 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.