Waterfall Hikes Near Oneonta, NY

Oneonta has 30 falls within 50 miles, most of them small and spread through the hills on every side of town. Saint Marys Falls, about 12 miles west-northwest toward Gilbertsville, is the closest listing. Watauga Falls on Falls Creek northeast of Delhi is on posted land where visitors have been charged with trespass, so do not go without the owner's permission. Leatherstocking Falls sits on Leatherstocking Creek just north of Cooperstown, and Rexford Falls east of Sherburne is viewed from a bowstring truss footbridge built around 1870 directly over the drop. East of town in Mine Kill State Park, Mine Kill Falls cascades about 80 feet through a narrow gorge, with overlook platforms near a separate parking area.