Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Caution & Safety xiii
Introduction xvii
Connecticut Counties Covered in this Book xxix
Part I Western Connecticut 1
Falls Accessible From Us 7 2
1 Campbell Falls (Norfolk) 4
2 Buttermilk Falls (Norfolk) 6
3 Waterfall on Blackberry River (East Canaan) 8
4 Falls at Sages Ravine (Joyceville) 11
Introduction to the Housatonic River 13
5 Great Falls of the Housatonic (Falls Village) 16
6 Dean's Ravine Falls (West Cornwall) 20
7 Hatch Brook Falls (Cornwall Bridge) 22
8 Kent Falls (North Kent) 26
9 Macedonia Gorge and Falls (Macedonia) 29
10 Thayer Brook Cascades (Kent) 31
11 Cascades along Schaghticoke Road (Kent and Bulls Bridge) 32
12 Bulls Bridge Cascades (Bulls Bridge) 34
13 Housatonic River Gorge and Cascades (Bulls Bridge) 38
14 Aspetuck Falls (New Preston) 40
15 Site of the "Great Falls of New Milford" (New Milford) 42
16 Caroline Glen Cascade (Roxbury) 45
17 Jack's Brook Cascade (Roxbury) 46
18 Saugatuck Falls Natural Area (Diamond Hill) 48
19 Sheep Falls (Georgetown) 50
20 Ambler Cascade (Weston) 51
Falls Accessible From CT 8 52
21 Colebrook Falls (Colebrook) 54
22 Still River Gorge and Rapids (Robertsville) 56
23 Cascades along Falls Cut Off Trail (New Hartford) 59
24 Still River Cascades (Winsted) 61
25 Burr Falls (Burrville) 63
26 Falls on Madden Pond Outlet Stream (Torrington) 66
27 Knife Shop Falls (Northfield) 67
28 Bunnell's Falls (Burlington) 69
29 Buttermilk Falls (Tolles) 71
30 Nonnewaug Falls (Bethlehem) 74
31 Mad River Cascades (Wolcott) 76
32 Hancock Brook Cascades (Waterville) 77
33 Spruce Brook Falls (Beacon Falls) 79
34 Hopp Brook Falls (Bethany) 83
35 Naugatuck Falls (Seymour) 84
36 Southford Falls (Southbury) 86
37 Kettletown Brook Cascades (Lakeside) 89
38 Cedar Mill Brook Falls (Stevenson) 91
39 Prydden Brook Falls (Stevenson) 92
40 Farmill River Falls (Shelton) 94
41 Indian Well Falls (Shelton) 96
42 White Hills Brook Cascades (Shelton) 98
43 Falls in Pequonnock River Valley State Park (Trumbull) 99
Falls Accessible From CT 10 101
44 Falls on Falls Brook (West Hartland) 103
45 Cascades near Balance Rock Road (East Hartland) 105
46 Enders Falls (West Granby) 106
47 Carpenters Falls (West Granby) 109
48 Cascades along Westledge Trail (West Granby and West Simsbury) 111
49 Tariffville Gorge Cascades (Tariffville) 114
50 Waterfall on Cathles Trail (Simsbury) 116
51 Cascades at Roaring Brook Nature Center (Canton) 119
52 Sessions Woods Falls (Burlington) 121
53 Cussgutter Brook Cascades (Bristol) 123
54 Roaring Brook Falls (Cheshire) 124
55 Gorge Cascade Falls (Hamden) 128
56 Wintergreen Falls (New Haven) 129
Falls Accessible From 1-91 130
57 Mill Pond Falls (Newington) 132
58 Ragged Mountain Cascade (Kensington) 134
59 Westfield Falls (Middletown) 135
60 Black Pond Falls (Meriden) 137
61 Wadsworth Big Falls (Rockfall) 138
62 Wadsworth Little Falls (Rockfall) 140
63 Spruce Glen Falls (Wallingford) 142
64 Stair Brook Falls (Durham) 145
Falls Accessible From CT 9 147
65 Bear Hill Falls (Higganum) 147
66 Seven Falls (Higganum) 149
67 Nineveh Falls (Killingworth) 151
68 Fails along Indian Rock Shelters Trail (North Madison) 153
Part II Eastern Connecticut 155
Falls Accessible From 1-91 156
69 Scantic Rapids (Hazardville) 156
Falls Accessible From CT 2 158
70 Cotton Hollow Cascades (South Glastonbury) 160
71 Blackledge Falls (East Glastonbury) 162
72 Flat Brook Falls (East Glastonbury) 164
73 Crystal Cascade (Portland) 166
74 Grayville Falls (Amston) 169
75 Day Pond Brook Falls (North Westchester) 171
76 Tartia Falls (Middle Hampton) 172
77 Pine Brook Falls (East Hampton) 174
78 Glen Falls (Cobalt) 176
79 Cascades at Chapman Pond Preserve (East Haddam) 178
80 Waterfall at Sheepskin Hollow Preserve (East Haddam) 179
81 Chapman Falls (East Haddam) 181
82 Falls on Muddy Brook (East Haddam) 183
Falls Accessible From 1-84/1-384 and US 6 184
83 Wyllys Falls (Manchester) 185
84 Case Falls (Manchester) 187
85 Center Springs Falls (Manchester) 189
86 Hockanum Falls (Rockville) 191
Falls Accessible From CT 32 193
87 Codfish Falls (Mansfield Four Corners) 194
88 Shelter Falls (Mansfield Four Corners) 195
89 Diana's Pool Falls (South Chaplin) 196
90 Mansfield Hollow Cascades (Mansfield Center) 198
Falls Accessible From 1-395 201
91 Cargill Falls (Putnam) 201
92 Cascades in Bailey's Ravine (North Franklin) 203
93 Yantic Falls (Norwich) 205
94 Lowden Brook Cascades (Voluntown) 207
Maps Addendum 209
Additional Resources 221