# Eternal Flame Falls

- **Type:** Cascade
- **Height:** 30 ft
- **Location:** Chestnut Ridge ParkErie County, New York
- **Photo Width:** 250
- **Watercourse:** Shale Creek, tributary to Eighteen Mile Creek
- **Photo Caption:** The natural gas-fueled "eternal flame" below the falls in early 2009

The Eternal Flame Falls is a small waterfall located in the Shale Creek Preserve, a section of Chestnut Ridge Park in Western New York. A small grotto at the waterfall's base emits natural gas, which can be lit to produce a small flame. This flame is visible nearly year round, although it can be extinguished and must occasionally be re-lit.

![Photo of Eternal Flame Falls](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Eternal_flame_falls_7252.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Flame_Falls (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)