Lower Falls
Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Berkshire County, Massachusetts
- Access status
- Club-documented trail from a free state trailhead
- The walk
- About 0.5 mile each way
- Ground & access
- Forest trail with rocks and roots; climbing beyond the lower fall is steep near drop-offs.
Park at the Race Brook trailhead kiosk on Route 41 in Sheffield. Follow the Race Brook Falls trail and take the lower falls trail to the base of the first and largest cascade, nearly 100 feet high. The upper cascades need a difficult climb on rocks and roots.
Plan your visit
Race Brook trailhead on Route 41 to the lower Race Brook fall
Western Mass Hilltown Hikers give .5 miles for the lower falls trail. A return of about 1 mile is derived for the same way back.
Forest trail with rocks and roots; climbing beyond the lower fall is steep near drop-offs.
Where to start
Trailhead parking at the kiosk on Route 41. Berkshires Outside lists free parking.
Timing & water
Flow is strongest in spring and after rain. Current state reservation notices could not be read (mass.gov refused the request).
Before you go
No fee or reservation is stated in the reviewed sources.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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