World of Waterfalls Blog

Glymur is a 196m waterfall (once the tallest waterfall in Iceland) accessible by a 4-hour hike featuring a double arch, a cave, loose rocks, and cliff exposure.

Sjavarfoss is a short roadside waterfall fronted by some wildflowers and an interesting corral fence. We stumbled upon this waterfall while pursuing Glymur.

Thorufoss (Þórufoss) is a trapezoid-shaped waterfall on the Laxá í Kjós River. We managed to find this waterfall from the canyon rim next to an obscure pullout.

Trollafoss (Tröllafoss) was sort of a locals waterfall despite being on the Leirvogsá flowing through farmlands quite close to the Golden Circle Route.

…we walked around the center of town aimlessly looking for places to eat for dinner. We had to look long and hard because we struggled with sticker shock as every place offering…

This itinerary was actually part of a more grand month-long trip to Iceland.  We made a detour to Western New York and spent nearly a week self-driving around the Finger Lakes area using Buffalo…

The Upper Falls of the Genesee River was one of 3 waterfalls on the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park as it dropped 40ft beneath the Portage High Bridge.

The Middle Falls of the Genesee River was definitely our favorite of the major waterfalls Letchworth State Park as it featured an easy-to-visit 107ft drop.

The Lower Falls of the Genesee River required the most work to visit of the waterfalls in Letchworth State Park, but it was wide waterfall with character.

Aunt Sarahs Falls was a struggling 90ft waterfall when I made a visit in mid-June. Sitting near Montour Falls, it would spray the road two months earlier.

She-Qua-Ga Falls is the Native American name for the 156ft waterfall meaning “tumbling waters” though you might also see the falls referred to as Montour Falls.

Lucifer Falls is a 115ft cascade within the Enfield Glen and is the feature attraction of the Robert H. Treman State Park near Ithaca in the Finger Lakes area.

Lower Falls (or Enfield Falls) is a 70ft waterfall at the foot of the Enfield Glen in Robert H. Treman State Park near Ithaca in the Finger Lakes area.

Ithaca Falls is a 150ft high 175ft wide waterfall in the Finger Lakes region by Cornell University in Ithaca. It’s easily reached by a short walk by Fall Creek.

Taughannock Falls (rhymes with ‘mechanic’) is a 215ft plunge waterfall accessed by a 1.5-mile round-trip hike near Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region.

Buttermilk Falls is a series of cascades said to total around 500ft in cumulative height with the 80ft dropping into a pool that is designated for swimming.

I felt strange carrying around a tripod and DSLR camera in hiking clothes in the urban jungle, but my mind left this awkwardness when we saw the impressive…

Pratt’s Falls is a thin and lacy 137ft high waterfall partially hidden in thick foliage with a heritage of being the site of the first mill in Onondaga County.

Upper Carpenter Falls (Carpenter Falls) is one of those waterfalls that you can actually go behind (albeit unofficially in this case) near Skaneateles Lake.

Lower Carpenter Falls (Angel Falls) cascades roughly a half-mile downstream from the (Upper) Carpenter Falls near Skaneateles Lake accessed by a steep scramble.