Top 10 Waterfalls in Connecticut
If you want the strongest all-around Connecticut waterfall trips, start here. These picks lean Litchfield-heavy because that is where the state lines up the most repeatable day-trip value.
Use the list to compare stops, then open the full guide for parking, walk time, seasonal flow, and swim posting where it matters. For swim-first planning, see Connecticut swimming holes.
#1 Kent Falls — Kent
Kent Falls is a Connecticut waterfall page using a conservative arrival point and a matched falls pin for a scouting-first…
- Swim
- This is better treated as a scenic waterfall stop than a swim spot
- Walk
- 5-15 min
#2 Enders Falls — Granby
Enders Falls is a Connecticut waterfall page using a conservative arrival point and a matched falls pin for a scouting-first…
- Swim
- This is better treated as a scenic waterfall stop than a swim spot
- Walk
- 5-15 min
#3 Great Falls — Housatonic River (Canaan area)
Great Falls is a Connecticut waterfall page using a conservative arrival point and a matched falls pin for a scouting-first…
- Swim
- This is better treated as a scenic waterfall stop than a swim spot
- Walk
- 5-15 min
#4 Wadsworth Big Falls — Middlefield
Wadsworth Big Falls is a Connecticut waterfall page using a conservative arrival point and a matched falls pin for a…
- Swim
- This is better treated as a scenic waterfall stop than a swim spot
- Walk
- 5-15 min
#5 Chapman Falls — East Haddam
Chapman Falls is a Connecticut waterfall page using a conservative arrival point and a matched falls pin for a…
- Swim
- This is better treated as a scenic waterfall stop than a swim spot
- Walk
- 5-15 min
#6 Roaring Brook Falls — Cheshire
Roaring Brook Falls is a Connecticut waterfall page using a conservative arrival point and a matched falls pin for a…
- Swim
- This is better treated as a scenic waterfall stop than a swim spot
- Walk
- 5-15 min
#7 Devil's Hopyard State Park — East Haddam
Devil's Hopyard State Park is a Connecticut waterfall page using a conservative arrival point and a matched falls pin for a…
- Swim
- This is better treated as a scenic waterfall stop than a swim spot
- Walk
- 5-15 min
#8 Campbell Falls — Campbell Falls State Park
Campbell Falls is a Connecticut waterfall page using a conservative arrival point and a matched falls pin for a…
- Swim
- This is better treated as a scenic waterfall stop than a swim spot
- Walk
- 5-15 min
#9 Yantic Falls — Norwich
Yantic Falls is a Connecticut waterfall page using a conservative arrival point and a matched falls pin for a scouting-first…
- Swim
- This is better treated as a scenic waterfall stop than a swim spot
- Walk
- 5-15 min
#10 Buttermilk Falls (Plymouth) — Plymouth
Buttermilk Falls (Plymouth) is a Connecticut waterfall page using a conservative arrival point and a matched falls pin for a…
- Swim
- This is better treated as a scenic waterfall stop than a swim spot
- Walk
- 5-15 min