Gerry's Falls
Windsor County, Vermont
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Windsor County, Vermont
- Access status
- State park trail route documented; distance to the falls not stated
- The walk
- No separate distance given; the falls are on the lower part of the 5.2-mile out-and-back Windsor Trail summit hike (Trailspotting)
- Ground & access
- Old roadbed climbing beside a brook; a visitor account notes ropes beside a slippery rock section above the falls. The lowest part of the falls is hard to reach through thick vegetation.
Gerry's Falls is a seasonal series of drops totaling about 100 feet on Mountain Brook, on the east side of Mount Ascutney in Ascutney State Park. From the Windsor Trailhead, the Windsor Trail crosses a meadow, enters the forest and climbs an old roadbed along the drainage to a sign for the falls. A plaque near the falls names George Nelson Gerry. Return the same way, or continue up the Windsor Trail toward the summit.
Plan your visit
Windsor Trailhead on the north side of Mount Ascutney, Windsor Trail through a meadow and up an old roadbed beside Mountain Brook to the signed Gerry's Falls
None of the sources reviewed gives the distance from the trailhead to the falls. Trailspotting gives 5.2 miles out and back for the whole Windsor Trail to the summit; Stav is Lost passed the falls on the lower part of the climb.
Old roadbed climbing beside a brook; a visitor account notes ropes beside a slippery rock section above the falls. The lowest part of the falls is hard to reach through thick vegetation.
Where to start
Windsor Trailhead parking on the north side of Mount Ascutney. Trailspotting describes free, well-sized parking at the Ascutney trailheads it reviewed.
Timing & water
The falls are seasonal and best from May to June; the brook often slows to a trickle in summer. Trailspotting says the park is not open in winter.
Before you go
Trailspotting lists the trailhead parking as free. No other fee is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
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