Mead's Falls

Rutland County, Vermont

Your visit at a glance

Waterfall height: Not recorded
Location: Rutland County, Vermont
Access status: Partial guide: short rough path from a street pull-off; land ownership not confirmed
The walk: Less than 0.1 mile; about 200 feet on a rough path, per New England Waterfalls
Ground & access: Short rough path. New England Waterfalls notes litter at the site. Swimming is not possible or not allowed.

Mead's Falls (also called Meade's Falls, Old Falls, Gookin's Falls or Center Rutland Falls) is about 15 feet of cascades below an 8-foot dam on Otter Creek in Center Rutland, with a steel truss railroad bridge directly above. From US-4 Business, turn right onto the eastern end of Simons Avenue just before the bridge over Otter Creek, drive 300 feet and park in the paved pull-off where the road bends right. Follow a rough path about 200 feet toward the steel bridge for head-on views of the dam and falls. More views are reached by a short path from Old Falls Road, the street on the right just after crossing Otter Creek on US-4 Business. New England Waterfalls could not tell whether the land is private property, so who owns the path is not confirmed.

Plan your visit

Paved pull-off on Simons Avenue beside Otter Creek in Center Rutland, then a rough path about 200 feet toward the steel railroad bridge

New England Waterfalls lists the trail as less than 0.1 mile, about 2 minutes one way, and says to follow a rough path 200 feet toward the steel bridge.

Short rough path. New England Waterfalls notes litter at the site. Swimming is not possible or not allowed.

Where to start

Paved pull-off on Simons Avenue, 300 feet from US-4 Business, where the road bends right. From US-4 exit 6 in West Rutland, turn right onto US-4 Business east, follow it 0.3 mile and turn right to stay on it, then go 1.5 more miles to Simons Avenue on the right, just before the Otter Creek bridge.

Timing & water

New England Waterfalls suggests April to November.

Before you go

New England Waterfalls lists the visit as free.

Visitor information

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

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Rutland County, Vermont.

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