Glen Falls
New York · 30-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Glen Falls is light today (29 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
28.5 cfs
ELLICOTT CREEK BELOW WILLIAMSVILLE · 53m ago
Today
65°F
Sunny
Tonight
47°F
Partly Cloudy
Today's daylight
Sunrise 7:40 AM · Sunset 6:17 PM · 10h 38m
Snapshot built 13m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS BUF.
Glen Falls is a waterfall in New York. It drops roughly 30 feet. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Glen Falls is in New York. It drops along Ellicott Creek. The base sits at roughly 659 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 1 minutes from Williamsville. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 20 meters of the marked location, though the name isn't recorded. It draws modest visitor attention — busier weekends, quiet weekdays. Source records come from OpenStreetMap.
Glen Falls is a small waterfall located on Ellicott Creek in the village of Williamsville, New York. The hydropower provided by the falls made it an ideal site for a number of early watermills used to grind grist and to power sawmills.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 04218518 · 1.4 mi away
ELLICOTT CREEK BELOW WILLIAMSVILLE NY
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30-day streamflow
Near 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 60.7 cfs · 48% of last year — significantly drier
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Falls (this page) | — | 30 ft | — | — | — |
| Akron Falls | 14 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Upper Akron Falls | 14 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Indian Falls | 15 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Royalton Falls | 17 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Indian Falls | 18 mi | — | — | — | — |
Side-by-side comparisons
Glen Falls compared head-to-head with other documented falls — height, access, fees, dogs, swimmability in one row each.
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Questions visitors ask about Glen Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How tall is Glen Falls?
Glen Falls is 30 feet (9.1 m) tall. Height is sourced from OSM.
How far is Glen Falls from a major city?
Glen Falls is 0 miles from Williamsville (about 1 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
42.9639, -78.7439
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Official land manager
https://nyfalls.com/waterfalls/glen-falls/
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Falls_(New_York)
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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