Waterfall Viewing in the Finger Lakes Starts in Phelps!

With snowmelt and April showers, springtime is a great time to enjoy the beauty of waterfalls and waterways in the Finger Lakes and there is no better place to start than in Phelps.  Phelps is home to what is commonly known as “Flint Creek Falls” located right on Main Street.  Flint Creek Falls is a 5 foot high natural falls with a 10 foot high dam built on its crest. The dam is roughly 90 feet wide and is the site of the first mill built in the Town of Phelps by Seth Dean in 1793. The present stone dam was built by Henry Whitney in the late 1890's. The falls has also been called Main Street Falls, Dean Falls, Old Mill Falls, and today is known locally as "The Falls at the Dam."  Enjoy lunch from a local eatery at the small viewing area for the falls located on the east side of Flint Creek just south of Main Street.   

From here, you are just a short driving distance to other spectacular falls in the region including Grimes Glen in Naples, the Upper and Lower Falls at Letchworth State Park, the Taughannock Falls near Ithaca, and of course, Niagara Falls. 





To learn about other waterfalls in the Finger Lakes and for maps, go to the FalzGuy website at http://geocities.com/falzguy.geo/  

* Photos and history of Flint Creek Falls provided by Scott A. Ensminger, the Falzguy. 

Local Accommodations

Clifton Pearl Bed & Breakfast

The Yorkshire Inn of Unionville (Bed & Breakfast)

“Your link to Waterfalls in Western NY!” - http://geocities.com/falzguy.geo/ 

Phelps Gateway to Western & Central New York

• NHL - Buffalo Sabres
• NFL - Buffalo Bills
• Arena Football - Buffalo and Rochester
• Art Park - Buffalo
• George Eastman House
• Toronto Raptors
• Toronto Blue Jays
• Toronto Maple Leafs
• Toronto - CN Tower
• Fast Ferry
• Niagara Falls
• Cooperstown - Baseball Hall of Fame
• Erie Canal
• Rochester Science Museum and Planetarium
• Memorial Art Gallery
• Appalachian Trail
• Adirondacks
• Corning Glass/Steuben
• Seneca Falls - Women’s Hall of Fame
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• University of Rochester
• Cornell Univ
• Ithaca College
• Hobart & William Smith
• Syracuse Univ - The Orangemen
• NYS State Fairgrounds

• Finger Lakes
• Great Lakes
• Catskills
• Ontario Pathways
• Rochester Rhinos
• Rochester Redwings
• Rochester Black Hawks
• Rochester Amerks
• Letchworth (Grand Canyon of the East)
• Watkins Glen (the glen and the race track)
• Vinyards
• Clifton Springs Spa/Sulfur Springs
• Hill Cumorah
• RPO
• Salt City Museum
• Syracuse - Ste Marie among the Iroquois
• Turning Stone Casino - Oswego
• Casino in Niagara Falls
• Harriet Tubman House
• Thousand Islands
• Attica
• Six Flags Darien Lake
• FLPAC
• Various preserved RRs/Museums
• Montezuma Refuge
• Antiquing
• Further Away:
  • Quebec
  • Montreal
  • NYC
  • Williamsport - Little League Baseball Hall of Fame

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Sara Britting, President
Martha Doody, Director
Phelps Business Development &
Tourism Council, Inc

7 Church St.
Phelps, NY  14532
Ph: (315) 548-8900
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