Little Falls 📍

Little Falls is a city in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 4,946 at the 2010 census.. The city is built on both sides of the Mohawk River, at a point at which rapids had impeded travel upriver. Transportation through the valley was improved by construction of the Erie Canal, completed in 1825 and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River.

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Map: Sand Lake

Built in the early 1970s ….

The then new Little Falls cloverleaf was designed to connect to downtown via a new arterial highway that originally threatened Moss Island but was later moved slightly farther to the south after community protests, protecting this historic and unique island. Notice the deep cuts into the Marcellus shale, with it's deep black residues that once contained petroleum millions of years ago.

Map: Battery Diagram
Map: Slader Creek State Forest
Map: Willis-Wilcox Lake Trail

Exploring the Potholes on Moss Island

Hiking down into one of the major potholes on Moss Island in Little Falls along the banks of the Mohawk River. You can either paddle into these potholes, or hike down a fairly steep cliff from Moss Island.

Map: Chautauqua Lake Fish and Wildlife Mangement Areas