Exploring Cohoes Falls - Falls View & Overlook Parks, NY | 4K Video Tour

Описание: We explore Upstate New York's Cohoes Falls; located about 10 miles north of Albany with views from Falls View & Overlook Parks. We'll also explore some of this sites features & history, present in the information boards & plaques. I'm surprised that the fall foliage in this area has not reached early peak colors yet.

Highlights:
0:00 Intro
0:18 Information & History
6:43 Falls View Park - Upper Level
16:45 Falls View Park - Lower Level
25:00 Overlook Park

From Wikipedia:
Cohoes Falls (Mohawk: Kahón:ios, "a boat is in the water/is actively submerged") is a waterfall on the Mohawk River shared by the city of Cohoes and the town of Waterford, New York. It is roughly 1,000 ft (300 m) wide, between 75 and 90 ft (23 and 27 m) in height, and compares favorably in other measures to Niagara Falls, yet has no tourist industry and in fact dries up entirely in dry summers (due to water diverted to fill canal locks and generate power).

Cohoes Falls is 90 feet (28 m) tall at its high point and approximately 1,000 feet (305 m) wide. Its flow is greatest in springtime, sometimes running at 90,000 cubic feet (2,500 cubic m) of water per second. The flow varies with seasonal variation of Mohawk River flow as well as with diversions for the Barge Canal locks, power generation, and the Cohoes water supply. During the summer, the falls are virtually dry, revealing shale formations. The 87-year average flow of the Mohawk River at Cohoes is 34,638 cubic feet per second, but this includes water diverted to the power plant and Erie Canal locks, not along the actual river course and over Cohoes Falls.

From Cohoes.gov
Cohoes Falls View Park
The four-acre Falls View Park is located adjacent to Brookfield’s School Street Hydroelectric Plant on North Mohawk Street in Cohoes, New York. The park offers a view of the scenic Cohoes Falls that spans the Mohawk River between Cohoes and Waterford, New York. Visitors to Falls View Park can now enjoy a wide range of recreational and historical features from areas never before open to the public.

Whether you enjoy fishing, hiking or taking photographs of the Falls, each visit will define a new experience. Falls View Park is a carry in/carry out park, open to the public from May 1 through November 1, from 7:00am-7:30pm. The park is staffed by a full-time park steward. Dogs are not allowed. Off street parking is available to visitors.

Background
Since its unveiling on August 21, 2008, Falls View Park has become a point of pride for the City of Cohoes and Brookfield. It also marks a unique public/private collaboration between Brookfield, the City of Cohoes and the National Park Service’s Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor.

Thousands of visitors gather annually at the park’s upper and lower levels to enjoy spectacular views of the Cohoes Falls.

Upper Level
Visitors to Falls View Park can enjoy easy access to a variety of amenities contained in the park’s upper level:
• A two-bus drop-off area on North Mohawk Street;
• Park entrance, off street parking and informational kiosk, also located along North Mohawk Street;
• A 192-foot pedestrian bridge that brings visitors into the heart of the park is topped with IPÊ wood, a strong, dense wood, harvested only from naturally sustainable forests;
• Interpretive panels and signage highlight the historical, educational and geological significance of the Cohoes Falls, Mohawk River and other nearby points of interest; and
• An 80-person amphitheater, picnic area and fishing platforms – all Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant.

Lower Level
Additions to the park’s lower level were revealed at a public celebration hosted by Brookfield in May 2010. The Lower Level of the Park is open during regular Falls View Park hours, 7 AM to Dusk. Visitors to the lower level, accessed via a steep stairway, will find:

• Fishing platform and viewing deck at the back of the hydropower plant’s powerhouse.
Please also note that the descent and ascent to the lower level by the stairway can be physically strenuous for some individuals.

Cohoes Overlook Park

For those wishing to find a year-round view of the Falls, visit Brookfield’s Overlook Park adjacent to the hydroelectric facility on School Street. Visitors can enjoy an overlook view of the Cohoes Falls or have an afternoon picnic at this spectacular attraction. No visit to Cohoes is complete without taking in a view of the Cohoes Falls.

Filmed: October 6, 2025