Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 4.0Enders Falls
Worth a detour
Is it plungeworthy?
A 5-tier tiered on Enders Brook.
The details
- Tiers
- 5 drops
- Type
- Tiered
- Watercourse
- Enders Brook
- Coordinates
- 41.9543, -72.87757
About Enders Falls
Enders Falls is a 23-foot tiered in Connecticut, on Enders Brook. The water falls in 5 distinct tiers.
It's fullest after rain, and flow can drop off during dry spells — plan around recent weather.
Plungeworthy rates Enders Falls 6.3/10 — worth a detour. The score weighs its scale, how confidently it's mapped, and its character.
What you'll find
Enders Falls is five diverse waterfalls in half a mile — cascades, plunges, slides, and horsetails on Enders Brook in Granby, the tallest drop around 30 feet, with about 150 feet of total descent from trailhead to the lowest falls. Pound for pound it's the most varied waterfall walk in Connecticut.
It's also the state's most sobering: a 15-year-old died in a fall here in 2013, a college student was seriously injured in 2017, and the record includes more. DEEP's language is unambiguous — the rocks are extremely slippery when wet, and swimming or wading is not recommended. That's an advisory, not a ban, which puts the judgment on you; the injury list argues for taking the advisory seriously.
Stay on the purple-blazed stone-dust trail and the falls give you everything from above — every drop has a safe viewing angle without descending the ravine walls.
Getting there
- Trailhead
- Enders State Forest lot, Route 219, Granby/Barkhamsted
- Parking
- Gravel lot off Route 219, free
- Road
- Route 219 — paved
- Hike
- 1 mi round trip, 150 ft of climb (Easy on the main trail; the ravine walls people get hurt on are not the trail)
- Heads up
- DEEP points swimmers to Stratton Brook State Park in Simsbury instead.
When to go
Spring for all five falls at once; the hemlock ravine keeps flow respectable after rain in any season.
Rules & fees
- Fee / pass
- Free
- Warnings
- Swimming and wading not recommended per DEEP — this site has a real fatality history on wet rock. Stay on the blazed trail.
Researched from CT DEEP — Enders State Forest · Wikipedia — Enders State Forest. Conditions change — verify before you drive. Been to Enders Falls recently? Post a conditions report below.
Where it is
Before you go
The pin marks the feature, not a trailhead or a legal route in. Some sit on private land or need a real hike, and conditions change with season and rain. Check local access, don't trespass, and never enter water — hot or cold — where it isn't safe.
Common questions
How tall is Enders Falls?
Enders Falls drops about 23 feet across 5 tiers, in Connecticut.
Where is Enders Falls?
Enders Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut, at 41.9543, -72.87757.
Is Enders Falls worth visiting?
Worth a detour — Plungeworthy rates it 6.3/10.
Gear for the trip
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