Waterfalls, and gorges in New England

The book that I have is the New England waterfall book by Greg Parsons and Kate Watson. This is a very thorough book on the subject of waterfalls and cascades of New England. If you are the outdoorsy kind of person and hiking in to find secluded waterfalls is your thing, well this book should be on your list of books to get. [affiliate link] Check this book on waterfalls in New England.

I have a guest article by Chris Whiton on Waterfalls and rain. He is a photographer who lives up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

The current edition of this book, New England Waterfalls list more than 500 cascades and waterfalls throughout New England. The best thing about having waterfalls on your list of things to do is,
1. You will leave the traffic behind and most of the leaf peepers as well.
2. You can bring your tripod on a cloudy or even rainy day and get great shots of the water tumbling down and slow your shutter speed. (blurs the water to show motion)

I’ve tried to list just a few of the waterfalls and cascades in New England. I have not visited more than a few of them and you will find links to the page in the waterfall book and if I photographed it, a link to this in my gallery.

New Hampshire

• Arethusa Falls – 54 m (176 ft), on Bemis Brook
• Beaver Brook Falls – 30 m (100  ft), Colebrook, Coos County, NH, USA
• Diana’s Baths – 23 m (75 ft), Bartlett, Carroll County, NH, USA
• Glen Ellis Falls – 20 m (64 ft), Pinkhams Grant , Coos County, NH , USA
• Jackson Falls – 30 m (100 ft), Jackson, Carroll County, NH, USA
• Rocky Gorge – 4 m (12 ft) Albany, Carroll County, NH, USA
• Sabbaday Falls – 12 m (40 ft), Waterville, Grafton County, NH, US
• Silver Cascade – 195 m (640 ft), Harts Location, Carroll County, NH, USA
• Zealand Falls 8 m (25 ft), Bethlehem, Grafton County, NH, USA

Vermont

• Crystal Falls – 17 m (55 ft), Montgomery, Franklin County, VT, USA
• Abbey Pond Cascades 75 feet  Weathersfield, Windsor County, VT, USA
• Allen Brook Cascade, 12 feet, Williston, Chittenden County, VT, USA
• Bailey Falls, 67 feet, Hancock, Addison County, VT, USA
• Texas Falls – 35 feet, Hancock, Addison County, VT, USA

Massachusetts

• Bash Bish Falls – 61 m (200 ft), The falls are made up of a series of cascades with the final cascade being split into twin falls by a jutting rock, dropping in an 80-foot (24 m) “V” over boulders to a serene pool below. Find it on page 160 in the New England Waterfall book.
• Purgatory Chasm State Reservation This State Park is a great place to explore and do lunch. Not really a waterfall but worth your time.
• Trap Falls, Ashby Willard Brook Start Forest. Check pg 87 in the New England Waterfall book (buy it here) rated easy with parking. Read about it and the local area attractions here.