Northgate Falls

Hartford County, Connecticut

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: Not recorded
Location: Hartford County, Connecticut
Access status: Partial notes: waterfall identity documented; property boundary, permitted approach and parking unverified.
The walk: Unknown
Ground & access: Rocky cascades; an established viewing path and its condition remain unverified.

The firsthand guide describes three tiers on a tributary of Bissell Brook. It expresses uncertainty about the conservation-land boundary near a residence.

Plan your visit

A permitted parking-to-falls route is not verified. The New England Waterfalls author identifies this Simsbury waterfall as Three Falls/Northgate Falls but keeps approach directions in the guidebook.

Public source does not provide a measured route.

Rocky cascades; an established viewing path and its condition remain unverified.

Where to start

Unknown. Do not use roadside or private-property access without confirmation.

Timing & water

Current waterfall access unverified. Refuge rules should not be interpreted as confirmation that every waterfall bank is refuge property.

Before you go

Access permission and fees unknown. McLean Game Refuge prohibits off-trail hiking; no off-trail shortcut is recommended.

Visitor information

Visit sources

More waterfalls nearby

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

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Waterfall location

Hartford County, Connecticut.

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