Saugatuck Falls
Fairfield County, Connecticut
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Access status
- Natural area trail route documented
- The walk
- About 0.8 mile one way
- Ground & access
- Rough in places, with rock-hopping and roots. Final 200 feet is over boulders.
Start between two stone walls, cross a bridge, and turn right on the white-blazed trail across a field. Continue straight where the Hemlock Trail goes left. Follow the river upstream; at about 0.7 mile you reach a large pool. Boulder-hop 200 feet upstream to see the main falls. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
CT 53 opposite John Read Middle School to Saugatuck Falls
New England Waterfalls gives 0.8 mile one way; the main falls are about 200 feet upstream of a large pool reached at 0.7 mile.
Rough in places, with rock-hopping and roots. Final 200 feet is over boulders.
Where to start
Park on the left side of CT 53, Redding, across from the John Read Middle School, 0.8 mile north of the CT 107 junction.
Timing & water
Source suggests April to November. Current conditions unverified.
Before you go
Free as of 2016 per source.
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