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08/28/2013 07:54:29 AM · #1
Not sure if this has been done before, but how about in this thread we each post some of our favorite waterfalls, one per post. Give some information about it to, including the location, best time to visit, other tips.

It's ok if multiple people post the same waterfall, because the photos will give some different looks I'm sure, and also there may be additional, useful info.

It may help next time you are looking for a waterfall to shoot! I'm always looking!

I know there are other databases of waterfalls online, but not with a DPC perspective, and our own great :) photos.

I'll provide a real post as an example shortly in it's own post...but here's a basic format with some example text anyway:

1) Name and General Location: Kaaterskill Falls, in the Catskills, on 23A near Hunter Mountain
2) Where to go (generally location of trailhead and best approach): You can visit the top or bottom of the falls--if you search for it on Google maps, it will show you the top. Since you can't hike down, you have to drive separately to each. I suggest the bottom approach, the trailhead is on Rt 23A here. If you are coming from the East on 23A continue (drive) passed the trailhead and the parking lot is on your left about 1/8 mile up the road. At the start of the trailhead, you'll want to take a few shots of the beautiful Bastion falls first, then hike .6 miles to Kaaterskill Falls.

GPS Coordinates or location of Trailhead: 42.191373,-74.070557 (bottom access)

But best of all, besides your pics, write about it...

3) Pics, Description, falls nearby, best time of day for pics, interesting facts and your own special tips about going there:

4) Links to sources of good information:
08/28/2013 08:06:41 AM · #2
1) Name and General Location: Kaaterskill Falls, in the Catskills, on 23A near Hunter Mountain
2) Where to go (generally location of trailhead and best approach): You can visit the top or bottom of the falls--if you search for it on Google maps, it will show you the top. Since you can't hike down, you have to drive separately to each. I suggest the bottom approach, the trailhead is on Rt 23A here. If you are coming from the East on 23A continue (drive) passed the trailhead and the parking lot is on your left about 1/8 mile up the road. At the start of the trailhead, you'll want to take a few shots of the beautiful Bastion falls first, then hike .6 miles to Kaaterskill Falls.

GPS Coordinates or location of Trailhead: 42.191373,-74.070557 (bottom access)

But best of all, besides your pics, write about it...

3) Pics, Description, falls nearby, best time of day for pics, interesting facts and your own special tips about going there:







View from the top:



4) Links to sources of good information:

//www.catskillmountaineer.com/NSL-KF.html

Message edited by author 2013-08-28 08:10:08.
08/28/2013 08:46:48 AM · #3

1) Name and General Location:
Kilgore Falls (also known as Falling Branch), Rocks State Park, Harford County, MD
https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=kilgore+falls&fb=1&gl=us&hq=kilgore+falls&hnear=kilgore+falls&cid=0,0,2926914642574395493&ei=cuwdUqvkDe6zsASukIGwBw&ved=0CJoBEPwSMA8

2) Where to go (generally location of trailhead and best approach): The trailhead is off of Falling Branch Road, which is couple of turns away from MD Route 24, a few miles south of the Pennsylvania state line at Fawn Grove.

3) Pics, Description, falls nearby, best time of day for pics, interesting facts and your own special tips about going there: You may have seen this waterfall in the movie 'Tuck Everlasting'. During the summer, it is a popular spot, as there is a huge rock at the base of the falls, which empties into a fairly deep spot in the stream. It's great from jumping, although I've never done it (I hate water). Because of this, you may want to time your visit if you don't like people in your pictures. The trail to the falls is not a difficult hike, and it splits off so that you can go to the top or the bottom. To get to the bottom, you'll have to navigate the rocks in the river to get there. Once at the bottom, you can also climb the "stairs" in the rock wall to get to the top. That's the easy part. My dog scampered right up. Getting back down with the dog and the camera was the tricky part.





4) Links to sources of good information:
//www.google.com/search?q=kilgore+falls

Message edited by author 2013-08-28 11:35:17.
08/28/2013 11:07:11 AM · #4
1) Name and General Location: Taughannock Falls, in Ulysses, NY, the western part of NY.
2) Where to go (generally location of trailhead and best approach): There's an upper view and a lower view. I only went to the upper view. It's right off of a parking lot, but you're on a platform and your angle is dictated by this. Nevertheless, it's a striking view. The waterfall is falling into a giant bowl. I would try different times because the bowl can block most of the sunlight.

3) Pics, Description, falls nearby, best time of day for pics, interesting facts and your own special tips about going there:





4) Links to sources of good information:

//lmgtfy.com/?q=Taughannock+Falls
08/28/2013 11:11:12 AM · #5
Adding images to the information already provided in the post before by posthumous

Taughannock Falls
08/28/2013 11:27:13 AM · #6
1) Name and General Location: Lucifer Falls, Robert H Treman Park near Ithaca, NY
2) Where to go (generally location of trailhead and best approach): Treman park has 2 entrances, this waterfall is easily approached from the upper entrance. Easy trail and a beautiful walk through a lot of smaller falls leads up to this fall.

3) Pics, Description, falls nearby, best time of day for pics, interesting facts and your own special tips about going there:
Fall is definitely ideal time to visit the park.


4) Links to sources of good information:

//nysparks.com/parks/135/details.aspx
08/28/2013 12:47:36 PM · #7
Originally posted by Neil:

Not sure if this has been done before, but how about in this thread we each post some of our favorite waterfalls, one per post. Give some information about it to, including the location, best time to visit, other tips.

I'm wondering if we should have a whole forum Section of similar threads for recommended destinations/subjects, both as a resource for traveling photographers, and as an "alternate structure" to the galleries, which tend to be more generic (and huge, and without this helpful info*). Some ideas for other subjects might be Lighthouses, Bridges, etc....

*I suggest that photographers copy whatever info is posted here and paste it onto the photo's display page, preferably in the photographer's notes, or at least as a comment.
08/28/2013 01:27:21 PM · #8
Kaaterskill Falls is a two-drop 260ft waterfall located 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.

Take a left out of the NYS Thruway entrance road.
Go approximately 1/4 mile
Take a right onto Route 23 West
Go approximately 6.6 miles to Cairo, NY
Take a LEFT onto Rt 32. McDonalds Rest. on corner.
Go approximately 7.7 miles on Rt 32
Take a RIGHT onto Rt 23A
Go approximately 6-7 miles on Rt 23A .
After going around the Horseshoe turn (by Bastion Falls), park 1/4 mile past the Falls at Rip's Lookout.






08/28/2013 01:30:59 PM · #9
Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by Neil:

Not sure if this has been done before, but how about in this thread we each post some of our favorite waterfalls, one per post. Give some information about it to, including the location, best time to visit, other tips.

I'm wondering if we should have a whole forum Section of similar threads for recommended destinations/subjects, both as a resource for traveling photographers, and as an "alternate structure" to the galleries, which tend to be more generic (and huge, and without this helpful info*). Some ideas for other subjects might be Lighthouses, Bridges, etc....

*I suggest that photographers copy whatever info is posted here and paste it onto the photo's display page, preferably in the photographer's notes, or at least as a comment.


Get Langdon to add a GPS coords field with a simple Google Maps lookup.

If it was pulled from EXIF and allowed to be added by those who want to add it, it really could add a seriously awesomely useful tool to our bag. The whole thing could easily even be setup to display as a Google .kml file in Google Earth, with links to the DPC photos. The possibilities are strong. :D
08/28/2013 01:50:17 PM · #10
Strawberry Creek, University of California, Berkeley.

Enter the campus from the intersection of Dana Street and Bancroft Way and walk north past Haas Pavilion ... when you reach the bridge turn right and walk about 30 yards east past the grove of redwoods to where the grassy area slopes down to the creek.

There are numerous small "waterfalls" along the creek as it descends through the campus from the hills until it reaches downtown, at which point it has been undergrounded; this image (the blue line) shows where the now creek runs under the street:



(sorry, I couldn't resist!)
08/28/2013 01:52:10 PM · #11
Originally posted by Cory:

Get Langdon to add a GPS coords field with a simple Google Maps lookup.

If it was pulled from EXIF and allowed to be added by those who want to add it, it really could add a seriously awesomely useful tool to our bag. The whole thing could easily even be setup to display as a Google .kml file in Google Earth, with links to the DPC photos. The possibilities are strong. :D

You have as much pull with him as I do, especially right now, and (much) more technical expertise. :-)

Send him a ticket with the details ...
08/28/2013 02:33:33 PM · #12
McWay Falls as seen from the overlook at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park along California Highway 1.

See links for detailed description and map ... the park straddles the highway a few miles south of Big Sur. This is one of (I think) only two waterfalls on the West Coast which land directly on the ocean/beach.
08/28/2013 02:47:30 PM · #13
Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by Cory:

Get Langdon to add a GPS coords field with a simple Google Maps lookup.

If it was pulled from EXIF and allowed to be added by those who want to add it, it really could add a seriously awesomely useful tool to our bag. The whole thing could easily even be setup to display as a Google .kml file in Google Earth, with links to the DPC photos. The possibilities are strong. :D

You have as much pull with him as I do, especially right now, and (much) more technical expertise. :-)

Send him a ticket with the details ...


I'll have to mill it over some. Give me a few months and I'll probably have something reasonably fleshed out, I know how much easier it is to implement something that's actually already been set up for success.
08/28/2013 03:35:51 PM · #14
I think this is a brilliant idea, we see all the pictures that we would never normally see as they are in portfolios,

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