Canajoharie Falls — Attraction in Town of Canajoharie

I usually try to make sure I get there every April when the snow is melting and the water is abundant. I also sometimes go in May when the water is flowing fast during a hot day, where you can just walk in the water to cool off. Just make sure that you are wearing Five Fingers shoes or Aquagear. Otherwise, if you are barefoot and you walk on areas of the flat rocks where the water is not flowing heavily, you will feel like you're walking on ice in the middle of the winter because the silt on the rocks is exceptionally slippery and it is hard to...

Spring is a challenging time to follow the Canjo creek. It has spring high waters and is quite dangerous. The canyon walls rise above you as walls sending you forward to more auspicious and capricious falls. Sounds grand? That is what others thought also, until lack of wisdom ended those...

I had few trips to Canajoharie in early 2000’s. This spot with the falls was beautiful to visit. We’d somehow find a way to walk down a path and go swim in the river. It’s soothing. If memory serves correct, Canajoharie means “a place that purifies itself”. Something real...