Carpenters Falls is a 15-foot waterfall on Beach Brook in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 3 miles west of Salmon Brook and roughly 13.9 miles northwest of West Hartford as the crow flies.
At 15 feet it is on the modest side for Connecticut, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 25 feet; it ranks 38th of 53. By form it is a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls.
The Northeastern Highlands are the mountains of northern New England and the Adirondacks, with spruce-fir on the summits and northern hardwood forest of maple, beech and birch below, and countless lakes and boulder-strewn brooks. Fast mountain streams drop over granite and gneiss ledges in chains of falls and pools.
Capitol Planning Region holds 14 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Enders Falls, an 81-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away. Northgate Falls, a 30-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2 miles away. Falls Brook Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 7.2 miles away.
Carpenters Falls is located at 41.9463° N, 72.8525° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.