Pictures of Kaaterskill Falls
This section of our waterfall pictures website features beautiful pictures of Kaaterskill Falls. Kaaterskill Falls is a popular destination for nature lovers, tourists in general, and people who just love waterfalls.
These pictures of Kaaterskill Falls let you see Kaaterskill Falls from several different angles, and they give you a good idea of what to expect when visiting Kaaterskill Falls.
Detailed information on Kaaterskill Falls can be found below the pictures on this page.
To view the pictures of Kaaterskill Falls in full size, just click on the pictures.
Here is some detailed information on the Kaaterskill Falls
Kaaterskill Falls is a two-drop waterfall located near in the eastern Catskill Mountains of New York, on the north side of Kaaterskill Clove, between the hamlets of Haines Falls and Palenville in Greene County's Town of Hunter. The dual cascades total 260 feet (79 m) in height, making it one of the higher waterfalls in New York, and one of the Eastern United States' taller waterfalls.
The falls are one of America's oldest tourist attractions, with it appearing in some of the most prominent books, essays, poems and paintings of the early 19th century. Long before Alexis de Tocqueville's famous essay on America, Kaaterskill Falls was lauded as a place where a traveler could see a wilder image, a sort of primeval Eden. Beginning with Thomas Cole's first visit in 1825, they became an icon subject for painters of the Hudson River School, setting the wilderness ideal for American landscape painting. The Falls also inspired "Catterskill Falls", a poem by William Cullen Bryant.
While the falls are on public land, they can only be reached via the Kaaterskill Falls Trail, a state-maintained yellow-blazed path running 0.4 mile (650 m) uphill from NY 23A, the only road through the clove.
Copyright © 2011 Waterfall Pictures.net All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Waterfall Pictures.net is prohibited.
