Sluice Brook Falls
Worth the drive
Is it plungeworthy?
A 2-tier tiered on Sluice Brook.
The details
- Tiers
- 2 drops
- Type
- Tiered
- Watercourse
- Sluice Brook
- Coordinates
- 42.57869, -72.7075
About Sluice Brook Falls
Sluice Brook Falls is a 30-foot tiered in Massachusetts, on Sluice Brook. 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 Sluice Brook Falls 7.6/10 — worth the drive. The score weighs its scale, how confidently it's mapped, and its character.
What you'll find
Know what this listing is: Sluice Brook Falls is a chain of falls dropping a cumulative 65 feet or so — the lower falls about 45 — directly into the Deerfield River in Shelburne. It appears in waterfall databases because lidar terrain analysis found it, not because anyone maintains a trail to it. Nobody does.
There is no hiking access. The base is reportedly reachable only by personal watercraft — kayak or raft — from the Deerfield River. No public park contains it, no agency manages it, and no legal foot route to it exists in any source we could find.
We list it for completeness and for paddlers who already run this stretch of the Deerfield. We're not publishing directions to something with no trail — if you're on the river and pass the mouth of Sluice Brook, look up.
Getting there
- Heads up
- Lidar-identified feature; no managing agency, no maintained access.
When to go
Only relevant to paddlers on the Deerfield; flow on the brook itself is best in spring and after rain.
Rules & fees
- Warnings
- No legal foot access — do not bushwhack private riverbank to reach it.
Researched from World Waterfall Database — Sluice Brook Falls · Deerfield River Watershed Association — boating. Conditions change — verify before you drive. Been to Sluice Brook Falls recently? Post a conditions report below.
Where it is
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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 Sluice Brook Falls?
Sluice Brook Falls drops about 30 feet across 2 tiers, in Massachusetts.
Where is Sluice Brook Falls?
Sluice Brook Falls is a waterfall in Massachusetts, at 42.57869, -72.7075.
Is Sluice Brook Falls worth visiting?
Worth the drive — Plungeworthy rates it 7.6/10.
Gear for the trip
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