Location: Northeastern Ontario County, Route 96, Village of Phelps. Parking is available off of Route 96 (Main Street) at the Phelps Community Center between Banta and Flint 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."

     A small viewing area for the falls is located on the east side of Flint Creek just south of Main Street. The falls is illuminated nightly and is really beautiful in an especially cold winter.

      Phelps, NY is the home
of the World Famous Sauerkraut Festival held every year on the first weekend in August.

 Photo © 2009 by David Rice.



A Wintertime view of the falls taken on February 25, 2009. Copyright by David Rice.

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     On the south side of Route 96, a little over 0.8 of a mile west of the intersection with Route 88 in the Village of Phelps, is a parking area for the Ontario Pathways hiking trail. Follow the trail southwards for roughly 0.35 of a mile from Route 96 when you will come to a bench on the side of the trail. A short distance to the right (west) is a series of creek wide rapids with a total height of 10 feet.
     The area is a popular spot with kayakers in the springtime.

For a Map Quest map of the area click here.

For a ACME Mapper 2.0 map of the area click here.

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Copyright © 2008 by Scott A. Ensminger.
This information may not be reproduced without written permission.

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