Campbell Falls

Campbell Falls is a 41-foot tiered in Massachusetts, on Whiting River. The water falls in 2 distinct tiers.

It's fullest after rain, and flow can drop off during dry spells — plan around recent weather.

Plungeworthy rates Campbell Falls 7.4/10 — worth the drive. The score weighs its scale, how confidently it's mapped, and its character.

Campbell Falls drops about 50 feet in a churning double plunge on the Whiting River, in a hemlock ravine straddling the Massachusetts-Connecticut line. Cited heights vary — some sources count nearly 100 feet for the full complex — but the main drop is the show: loud, angled, and photogenic year-round.

Here's the geographic joke: the falls sits in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, but you park in Norfolk, Connecticut — the trailhead and most of Campbell Falls State Park Reserve are on the CT side, and a historic stone state-line marker stands near the falls to prove the point.

The walk is short — a fifth of a mile of steep, rooty descent — making this the easiest big-payoff waterfall in the southern Berkshires.

Good in every season — the Whiting River keeps respectable flow year-round, and the hemlock ravine holds ice formations that make this a favorite winter photography stop.