Prydden Brook Falls
Fairfield County, Connecticut
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Access status
- Visitor-reported trail route documented
- The walk
- About 1.5 miles one way (3 miles return)
- Ground & access
- Forest trail. Grade details not published. Falls are a 25-foot plunge with cascades.
CTMQ found these falls while hiking the Zoar Trail in Paugussett State Forest, Newtown. Start at the Great Quarter Road trailhead and follow the Zoar Trail about 1.5 miles. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Great Quarter Road trailhead on the Zoar Trail to Prydden Brook Falls
CTMQ gives about 1.5 miles in and 1.5 miles out from the Great Quarter Road trailhead.
Forest trail. Grade details not published. Falls are a 25-foot plunge with cascades.
Where to start
Use the Zoar Trail trailhead on Great Quarter Road, Newtown. Space and rules unverified.
Timing & water
New England Waterfalls suggests April to May for flow. Current conditions unverified.
Before you go
Free as of 2016 per New England Waterfalls.
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