Copake Falls

Geography

Copake Falls is located along Bashbish Brook at the western foot of the Taconic Mountains, a range that runs along the New York-Massachusetts border. The Copake Falls area of Taconic State Park, with campsites and hiking trails, is directly east of the hamlet, and Bash Bish Falls, the highest waterfall in Massachusetts, is located to the east via New York State Route 344. A portion of the hamlet comprises the Copake Iron Works Historic District, part of the National Register of Historic Places. New York State Route 22 forms the western edge of the Copake Falls CDP and leads north to Hillsdale and south to Copake hamlet. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Copake Falls CDP has a total area of , all land.

Most-observed species

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  11,984
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  11,288
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,156
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  10,787
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  10,307
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  9,927
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,534
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,498

Most recent

• M 2.79 — 2015-09-27
  New York
• M 2.76 — 2011-08-27
  5 km WSW of Altamont, New York
• M 2.69 — 2011-08-25
  5 km WSW of Altamont, New York
• M 3.15 — 2009-12-13
  15 km N of Medusa, New York
• M 2.56 — 2009-12-13
  14 km N of Medusa, New York
• M 2.9 — 2009-10-21
  15 km N of Medusa, New York