Nonnewaug Falls

Litchfield County, Connecticut

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: Not recorded
Location: Litchfield County, Connecticut
Access status: Visitor route and trailhead parking documented; unmarked junctions
The walk: About 1.3 miles in total for the visit
Ground & access: Easy woods roads and field edges with about 240 feet of total climbing. Reaching the base of the falls means a steep, wet, unstable slope. The far bank is private property; stay on the side you arrive on.

Scenes From The Trail: Nonnewaug Falls (May 2022)

Nonnewaug Falls, also called Leever Falls, is an 18 to 20 foot drop in Woodbury town open space; the parking is in Bethlehem. From the lot at the end of Falls Road, go past the metal gate, cross the bridge, and take the left fork steeply uphill. At the top near the power lines bear right into the woods. At a T-junction turn left past two large oaks, cross the open field to the right, and at the fork with a red post go left downhill to the falls. The routes are not clearly marked.

Plan your visit

Falls Road parking area in Bethlehem to Nonnewaug Falls on woods roads

Scenes From The Trail gives approximately 1.3 miles for its lollipop loop and says its out-and-back route was about the same distance.

Easy woods roads and field edges with about 240 feet of total climbing. Reaching the base of the falls means a steep, wet, unstable slope. The far bank is private property; stay on the side you arrive on.

Where to start

Dirt and gravel lot for about 10 to 12 cars at the end of Falls Road, Bethlehem. The 2022 account lists no entrance or parking fee and no toilets.

Timing & water

Swimming is prohibited. Water flows most of the year; high water is best. Trail signs and markers were unreliable in 2022.

Before you go

No entrance or parking fee reported. No reservation.

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More waterfalls nearby

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

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Waterfall location

Litchfield County, Connecticut.

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