Center Springs Falls
Hartford County, Connecticut
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Hartford County, Connecticut
- Access status
- Published park path and parking documented
- The walk
- About 0.2 miles each way, about 0.4 miles return
- Ground & access
- Concrete stairs and paved paths, then a short rough dirt path for the lower falls. The source says the stairs are closed in winter.
Center Springs Park in downtown Manchester has two small falls on Bigelow Brook: a 12-foot upper falls below a culvert under Main Street and a 10-foot lower falls in a small gorge. From the parking area, go down two flights of concrete stairs and follow the paved path around the head of the gorge to the upper falls, about 750 feet from the car. For the lower falls, continue 150 feet downstream on the paved path on the far side of the brook, then take a rough dirt path to the left toward the gorge.
Plan your visit
Center Springs Park parking area to the upper and lower falls on Bigelow Brook
New England Waterfalls gives 0.2 mile one way to visit both falls. The return figure is derived by doubling it.
Concrete stairs and paved paths, then a short rough dirt path for the lower falls. The source says the stairs are closed in winter.
Where to start
Park parking area entered from CT 83 (Main Street) at the Lincoln Center, about 100 feet north of the CT 83, US 44 and US 6 junction.
Timing & water
The source recommends April to November. The concrete stairs are closed in winter. Swimming is not allowed.
Before you go
Town park. The source listed no cost to visit (as of 2016).
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