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CTMQ > Waterfalls

Dividend Pond Falls

October 21, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Pays Dividends Dividend Pond Falls, Rocky Hill December 2023 Everyone loves a nice waterfall that doesn't require effort to enjoy, right? We have several in Connecticut, and some are near interstate highways in the center of the state. Dividend Pond Falls in Rocky Hill checks all those boxes. You just park, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Industrial History, Justin Coleman Photography, Rocky Hill, Waterfalls

Norbrook Farm Falls

September 30, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

No Creek Norbrook to Speak Of... Norbrook Farm Falls, Colebrook September 2024 This is one of those pages I'm spending five minutes putting together because: A) I made the effort to check out these "falls," and, B) I care about you, Dear Reader, and don't want you doing the same I went to the Norbrook … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Colebrook, norbrook farm brewery, Waterfalls

South End Avenue Ice Pond Falls

January 29, 2024 by Steve 2 Comments

"Scenes From South End Avenue" South End Avenue Ice Pond Falls, Durham November 2023 A bottle of white, a bottle of red Perhaps a bottle of rose instead We'll get a table near the street In our old familiar place You and I, face to face Splashes of maple red, rushing water of white It all depends upon your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Bushwhack, Durham, Waterfalls

Farnum Falls

September 29, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Far OutNumbered By Better Falls Farnum Falls, Durham November 2023 To my knowledge, there's no such name as Farnum Falls attached to what I'm calling Farnum Falls, deep within Cockaponset State Forest just west of Miller's Pond State Park in Durham. But what the heck, I found these falls to be a nice little scenic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: cockaponset state forest, Durham, Waterfalls

Horseshoe/Pequabuck Falls

September 28, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Horseshoe Horsepower Horseshoe/Pequabuck Falls, Plymouth February 2023 Some of Connecticut's most dramatic waterfalls are not natural. I don't know if that's an indictment of our natural waterfalls or a credit to 19th century masons and dam builders. Probably a little bit of both. Note: my pictures are from a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Justin Coleman Photography, Plymouth, Waterfalls

Jericho Falls

April 5, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Gold, Jericho! Gold! Jericho Falls, Watertown May 2009 Here I am, thirteen years after I visited these falls, writing a few paragraphs about this little thing along the Jericho Trail in the Mattatuck State Forest. Why? Because the other day I was skimming a Connecticut hiking group page and saw some guy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Waterfalls, Watertown

Buttermilk Falls (Plymouth)

January 24, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Feel the Churn Buttermilk Falls, Plymouth December 2022 Every state has its own Buttermilk Falls. Most states have multiple. Connecticut even has two. That's right, our little state with a general paucity of decent waterfalls couldn't come up with different names for Plymouth's Buttermilk Falls and the much … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Justin Coleman Photography, Mattatuck Trail, Plymouth, Waterfalls

Hopp Brook Falls

December 5, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hopp, Hopp Hopp Brook Falls, Bethany November 2022 Not to be confused with the much more famous Hop River in eastern Connecticut, Bethany's Hopp Brook has its own charms. And by charms I mean modestly impressive seasonal waterfalls. Yes, falls, plural. Not that you'd know there were two here, unless … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Bethany, Bushwhack, Waterfalls

Great Falls

June 14, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Sometimes Great Great Falls, Canaan/Salisbury February 2017 At some point someone dubbed Great Falls - also known as Canaan Falls - "The Niagara Falls of New England." In 2015 or so, the go-to New England waterfall resource first said, "If you are unable to make it to Niagara Falls in New York this summer, this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Appalachian Trail, Calvin, Canaan, Canals and Dams, Damian, Salisbury, Waterfalls

Valley Falls Falls

March 8, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Fallin' Fallin' Fallin' Valley Falls Falls, Vernon March 2021 Yup, another semi-fake little waterfall gets its own page here on the mighty CTMQ dot org. A falls I've previously stood next to at least twice in my life and never felt the need to document in any meaningful way. In fact, I apparently thought … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: valley falls park, Vernon, Waterfalls

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