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Waterfalls thirty-four LbNA #64177

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Mar 15, 2013
Location:
City:Cheshire
County:New Haven
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Planted by:Skip & TJ
Found by: Nairon
Last found:Mar 16, 2024
Status:FFFFFF
Last edited:Feb 8, 2018
THIS IS AN ATHLETIC HIKE TO SEE ONE OF CT’S TALLEST FALLS!
THE EFFORT IS WORTH IT; THE TRAIL IS NOT LONG; TAKE YOUR TIME

DIRECTIONS:

You need to be on RT 42 (whether you enter from the West, from RT8 in Beacon Falls or from the East, through Cheshire). Coming from Beacon Falls, you will follow Bethany Mt. Rd. to Mountain Rd. to Roaring Brook Road. From Cheshire, you will follow Mountain Road to Roaring Brook Road, to the cul-de-sac, and park.

CLUES:

Enter through the gate on the gravel road, past the pond and tennis courts. You will come to a fork and reddish-orange blazes. Follow the blazes to the left, as the sign and arrow painted on the tree indicate. Continue past the two bridges and the old chimney.

There are several spots to stop and admire the falls. Keep going until you come to the bench and the spot where the red blazes point you left into the woods. If you want to connect up with the blue-blazed Regicides Trail, then follow the red blazes.
If, however, you want to find the Waterfalls thirty-four Letterbox: you will have to find the smaller path that hugs the edge of the gorge to your right, and leads you steeply up to the very top of the falls. At times, it is indicated by a fallen tree, at other times it looks like a staircase of stone blocks. Climb this until you come out at a flat area where several rotted tree stumps hang out over the gorge.

Look to your left to see a ledge of boulders, and walk in that direction along their base. At the beginning of the ledge, you will come upon a flat stone with an amazing heap of moss piled on it. Right behind it, you will see a large blockish boulder, sliced vertically into several sections like a loaf of bread. Look at the base of one of these sections for two flat rocks. The Waterfalls thirty-four (Roaring Brook) is hidden there.

Come back down to the spot where the red blazes point you into the woods. Since you climbed this far, it really is worth it to climb (steeply) a little higher on the red trail until you meet the blue. There is a remarkable clearing with a smaller, but beautiful “minor” waterfall and a large fire pit. You are also close to Rubaduc’s Q-21 and Q-22 Letterboxes and Grade A Penguin’s “Quiet on the Set, Series 2,” AND our WATERFALLS TRIBUTE LETTERBOX.