Wadsworth Falls State Park Intro

Wadsworth Falls State Park
Middlefield & Middletown

You know what annoys me about Wadsworth Falls? That Middletown takes all the credit for the park. Sure, the main entrance is there, as is the swimming pond, but both waterfalls and much of the trail network are in Middlefield. Frustrating when big bro ignores little bro. So there.

There’s a bunch of history here, much of it that I’ll explore on the trails write-up. But this bit about the swimming pond is sort of weirdly interesting:

The swimming pool, a saucer-shaped basin hollowed out of the level plain south of Route 157, is paved with a soil cement to prevent water from leaching out. Water pumped from a series of inter-connected wells located near the river is directed into the pool creating a circulating effect.