Haines Falls, New York Haines Falls is a hamlet positioned east of Tannersville, New York in the Town of Hunter, in Greene County, New York. Haines Falls is positioned at 42 11 45 N 74 5 49 W. The hamlet of Haines Falls was always a tourist destination.
Haines Falls is at the head of Kaaterskill Clove and is the former site of the famous Catskill Mountain House, Kaaterskill Hotel, and Laurel House which sat on the top of the famous Kaaterskill Falls.
In 1825, Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of landscape painters, did his first Catskill mountain paintings in Haines Falls: Lake with Dead Trees at South Lake and the Kaaterskill Falls.
Major highways in Haines Falls include State Route 23 - A, Clum Hill Road, North Lake Road, and County Route 25.
The town altitude ranges from 1500' to 2200' above sea level making it the highest unincorporated town in New York state.
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Hamlets in New York - Catskills - Hamlets in Greene County, New York
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