Potter’s Falls is a waterfall on Sixmile Creek in Tompkins County, New York, in the Northern Allegheny Plateau region. It lies about 1.7 miles southeast of East Ithaca and roughly 46.3 miles south of Syracuse as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data.
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.
Tompkins County holds 46 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Van Natta Falls, a dam waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away. Bead and Lace Falls, is about 1.6 miles away. Judd Falls, is about 1.8 miles away.
Potter’s Falls is located at 42.4186° N, 76.4625° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.