Kent Falls State Park

About Kent Falls State Park

The most obvious feature of Kent Falls is of course the waterfall, but in fact there are a number of waterfalls and cascades. Multiple falls or cascades occur when the rocks alternately contain hard and soft layers. You can feel the mist on your face as the water falls down the road and into the Housatonic River. Walk over the covered bridge and walk to the waterfalls or walk along the stream side of the river and to a waterfall.

Coral reefs off the coast of the northwestern states were once Connecticut's, but when the Iapetos Ocean closed, the reefs were buried under the ocean, while Europe and Africa went all the way out.

As the heat and pressure increased, the minerals in the rock crystallized anew and the former coral reefs turned into marble. The reefs have since been compressed and compressed again - this time into the Housatonic River and Kent Falls.

The first two cascades fall into the flat marble layer, and further up the cliffs pile up in the third cascade. On the other side of the stream, a small rock surrounded by swirling water carries a double pothole from a rock on its right. Walk up the path to the right - to the waterfall and then left to the second waterfall.

Together, the potholes now add up to a total of four feet of water, about the size of a football field, and are as high as the first waterfall.

As you pass the waterfall's lookout point, several boulders look down on you from above. When a nearby fault is active, the stones tip over and the fault lies beneath you, but is not visible in any way.

The rocks on the right, almost covered in moss, look like a 90-degree curve on the wrong track. There are grey slate and marble veins and white exposed spots Touch the top of the rock, a sign of an active fault or disturbance in a nearby fault.

Here the marble is very sandy, as it is slightly sandy in good weather, so that its stream would not last long.

When we reached the next view, we sat down on a bench and studied the rocks on the waterfall bank. The rocks that make up the waterfalls are not made of marble, at least not at the top. Two parallel, not completely vertical cracks have been eroded, giving the impression that the fall is not upright.

We were driving along the red road (the road we were leaving the bridge on) and looking at a large, low band and a small road. There is a rock (Figure 4) where the highest one falls, and it falls through two cracks.

The rock is gneiss, which consists of bands of various minerals and is dark red. Although it looked bright at first, I quickly realized it was a shell made of national minerals.

The rest of the way only had a few rocks to see, so I continued on to the parking lot. It was a pleasant detour through a beautiful forest, and I was looking for a variety of plants and occasionally small animals.

Kent Falls, located in the northeastern part of Kent, is a mountain stream known as Falls Brook. The creek starts near the town of Warren and drains an area of six or seven square miles, and it is the largest creek in Kent County.

The stream flows through a large waterfall, where about 70 feet plunge into a dramatic cascade, and then flows into the river, where it flows to a drop just a quarter of a mile away. It flows down to the creek's spring water, where the waste falls about 30 feet, before falling into another larger waterfall, where another falls about 70 feet into dramatic waterfalls.

Much of the limestone through which the stream flows has been carved into interesting shapes, including numerous potholes of all sizes.

In the later colonial period there were mills along the creek, and the Indians called the area Scatacook, and there is evidence that they fished the waterfalls. The acquisition of the park began in 1919, but other properties were bought or donated before the current 295 hectares were acquired.

The site was developed by the building authority in the 1930s, and the covered bridge is a faithful replica built in 1974 by park employee Edmund Palmer. In the mid-1990s and 1970s, the Youth Conservation Corps of Connecticut undertook a major renovation of the trail.

The fall and holiday season is also an excellent time to enjoy the area, and the waterfalls are dramatic. The Kent River is strongest in the autumn and winter months, with high water levels of around 1,000 feet.

Kent Falls has been mentioned in a number of magazines and television advertisements for its exceptional landscape qualities. The Kent Falls Trail winds through the falls, with a total height of about 1,000 feet.

Although it is not a difficult path, it is steep and in places followed by uneven ground, but along the way there are many viewpoints to enjoy.

Have you ever wondered what the Connecticut landscape looked like a century ago? Kent Falls is a vantage point exhibit and one of the most popular attractions in Connecticut.