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Carpenter's Falls

Hartford County, Connecticut

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height
16 ft (5 m)
Location
Hartford County, Connecticut
Access status
Partial guide: road-end parking not confirmed by the refuge; last section is a herd path
The walk
About 3/4 mile one way
Ground & access
Gradual old road, then a short, somewhat steep herd path down to the brook. Rocks are slippery.
CTMQ: Carpenter's Falls

Broad Hill Road is no longer maintained, so you must walk. Park at the end of Broad Hill Road in West Granby and follow the old wagon road gradually uphill about 3/4 mile. At the bridge at a 90-degree curve, listen for the falls on your left and follow the herd path down along Beach Brook to the falls. Return the same way.

Plan your visit

End of Broad Hill Road in Granby on foot along the unmaintained road, then a herd path down Beach Brook to Carpenter's Falls

CTMQ and Early Bird on the Trail both give about 3/4 mile from the end of Broad Hill Road; the herd path down to the falls adds a short, steep distance.

Gradual old road, then a short, somewhat steep herd path down to the brook. Rocks are slippery.

Where to start

End of Broad Hill Road, according to Early Bird on the Trail. CTMQ approached from Holcomb Farm on Simsbury Road. Parking rules at the road ends are not confirmed by the McLean Game Refuge.

Timing & water

CTMQ says the falls is robust in spring and guidebooks say it dies out in summer.

Before you go

McLean Game Refuge hours are sunrise to sunset. No fee information found.

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Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.

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