Perryville Falls
New York · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Perryville Falls is light today (33 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
32.6 cfs
CHITTENANGO CREEK NEAR CHITTENANGO · 1h ago
Today
76°F
Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny
Tonight
51°F
Partly Cloudy
Today's daylight
Sunrise 6:37 AM · Sunset 7:23 PM · 12h 47m
Snapshot built 9m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS BGM.
Perryville Falls is a waterfall in Madison County, New York. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Perryville Falls sits in Madison County, New York. It drops along Canaseraga Creek. The base sits at roughly 1,043 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 6 minutes from Chittenango. A trail — Link Trail — runs within 610 meters of the marked location. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Perryville Falls is a privately owned 120–150 feet (37–46 m) tall waterfall near Perryville, New York, on the Canaseraga Creek.
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 04244000 · 2.8 mi away
CHITTENANGO CREEK NEAR CHITTENANGO NY
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30-day streamflow
Below 30-day average↻ Same date last year: 22.4 cfs · 88% of last year — similar
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perryville Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chittenango Falls | 3 mi | 167 ft | — | Y | Free |
| Buttermilk Falls | 5 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Edwards Falls | 8 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Brickyard Falls | 9 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Stockbridge Falls | 11 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Perryville Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How far is Perryville Falls from a major city?
Perryville Falls is 4 miles from Chittenango (about 6 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
43.0098, -75.8060
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perryville_Falls
Wikidata (Q108392242)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108392242
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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