Warsaw Falls

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Was there on Sunday man what a great place to go! I went with 3 more people and got what we thought was half way to the falls from the creek trail which consists of many creek crossings and almost unpassable sides. Is there a upper trail? thanks for any information on this wonderful water falls.
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I've always creekwalked to get to the falls. I've gone as early and mid-April and by then the water level is low enough to hike the creek. You may be able to see the top of the falls if you hike along the railroad tracks from route 20A south or from Liberty St. north.

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Didnt see your posts from last year Matt and Chris. I was able to climb the right side of the falls fairly easily and I'm going on 33. :shrug: There is an upper trail, if you park at the park off of Liberty Street...head up the hill follow the mowed grass thats a car's width up into the woods. I believe there are 2 trails that break off from here. The first goes into the creek, and the other heads up the hill through the woods. Its a well maintained trail that I believe is used for horseback riding or 4-wheeling. This will take you to the tracks, and a small trail should lead you back to the falls.
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This is the trail up near the falls.
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I headed back to the Warsaw falls yesterday the creek was low so had a great hike about a hour or so. Took lots of pictures 105 and 4 videos. The pictures for the most part are what I think are over exposued they look like a streak. the videos came out great. Any tips or information also how do I add photos and videos?
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To add them here you can....

1) upload as an attachment (below this text screen click on the tab)

2) or if you have a Flickr account upload them there first, then open each picture you want to upload, click on more sizes, then choose a size (medium is about right), below the picture will be a link, copy the link, bring it back here and paste it in this text box, select the text and click on the "Img" button above. Ta da!
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nikonlover wrote:I headed back to the Warsaw falls yesterday the creek was low so had a great hike about a hour or so. Took lots of pictures 105 and 4 videos. The pictures for the most part are what I think are over exposued they look like a streak. the videos came out great. Any tips or information also how do I add photos and videos?
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I found a document from 1869 that tells of a 20 ft falls upstream from warsaw falls. Bing maps of that segment are not clear. The document describes the glen from upstream down and Warsaw Falls being the third major cascade from upstream.
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