Verkeerder Kill Falls is the highest waterfall in Sam's Point Preserve in the Shawangunk Mountains in the town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York. The waterfall has often been reported as 187 feet (57 m) in height.
However, a 2025 measurement organized by local historian and naturalist Marc B. Fried determined the height to be 79 feet (24 m), based on inclinometer measurements and trigonometric calculation.
Verkeerder Kill Falls is the highest waterfall in Sam's Point Preserve in the Shawangunk Mountains in the town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York. The waterfall has often been reported as 187 feet (57 m) in height.
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