Clarendon Lower Gorge is a waterfall on Mill River in Rutland County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 15 feet. It lies about 0.7 miles east of Clarendon and roughly 69.4 miles northeast of Schenectady as the crow flies.
At 15 feet it is on the modest side for Vermont, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 119th of 158. The tallest single drop is 10 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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. Mill River carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 27 feet.
There are 16 recorded waterfalls in Rutland County. Clarendon Upper Gorge, a cascade waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away. Old Falls, an 18-foot block waterfall, is about 6.5 miles away. McLaughlin Falls, a 38-foot tiered waterfall, is about 7.1 miles away.
Clarendon Lower Gorge is located at 43.5178° N, 72.9570° 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.