Falling Waters Preserve — Attraction in Town of Saugerties

A nice little walk along the Hudson River. Three trails give you some choice of how you'll spend your visit. The red trail is an access road with a short hill to climb, views of a cow pasture and a few benches to sit and soak up the sun. The red trail meets the white trail on the north end. A little pavilion overlooks a small waterfall and makes a great stop or turnaround. The rest of the white trail runs along the river bank. This trail is quite rocky, steep in many places and not at all fit for strollers or wheelchairs. Keep an eye on small children as the trail gets high above the water with steep drop offs. There is a bench about halfway along the river. The white trail rejoins the red trail about 1/4 of the way in. The blue trail slopes down to the river and is the shortest path. Halfway down is another bench and small waterfall. At the bottom you'll find a bench overlooking the river with a small rocky beach. A little loop continues back up the river to an old ice house. Entry to the house is locked but it's neat to look at. This preserve is run by a private group and they do a pretty good job of keeping it up with maintenance, cleaning and restoration projects. Visitors can do their part by taking all their trash out, especially bags full of dog poop which dog owners like to leave behind on the trail because there are no trash cans. That's really my only complaint and it's not the...

Great park with 2 plus miles of trails tucked away behind a housing community surrounded by some farmland. Easy to find, just follow the directions on Maps. There are 3 trails...blue, red, and white. The blue is an in and back out trail. You pass waterfalls along the way, many places to sit, with spots to the Hudson river. Just beyond the start of the blue trail, you will find the red and white trail. The white trail is a lower path that takes you along the Hudson river. It does have some elevation changes and a few spots that could be slippery when the conditions are right. So keep that in mind if you visit after it has been wet, rain or snow, cause it is a trail and the chances of mud are high. The views along this section of the park are wonderful and can't be seen from the other 2 trails. The white trail does reconnect with the red trail making it a loop. Along the red trail you will pass more waterfalls and a section to sit...great camera spot, and not just from the sitting area. All the trails are fairly wide and easy to...

Falling Waters is a beautiful nature preserve and a great place to walk with or without a dog. Dogs must be on a leash.I walk my dog there often, very well maintained trails, water and limited access to the Hudson easily reached by a short walk. If you take the short loop ( Father Jorn Trail) you can be in the river in 5 min. There also a much longer more strenuous loop which goes along a cliff above the Hudson and affords some nice viewpoints and a shady walk, and you can return by a pleasant dirt road alongside fields. There are 2 waterfalls, one at each end of the preserve, and depending on rainfall can be gentle or quite torrential. It is also has interesting history.There used to be a huge icehouse on the site where ice harvested on the Hudson was stored. There are some pictures of this on the kiosk. If you do bring a dog, please pick up and take out your poop bag. Lots of people leave them at the base of a tree at the entrance and it is really too bad...