Danforth Falls is a 6-foot waterfall on Danforth Brook in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the Northeastern Coastal Zone region. It lies about 1.2 miles northwest of Hudson and roughly 10.5 miles northwest of Framingham Center as the crow flies.
At 6 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 24 Massachusetts waterfalls with a documented height only 0 are shorter, while the typical Massachusetts waterfall stands around 50 feet. By form it is a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
The Northeastern Coastal Zone is a rolling, glaciated lowland of oak-pine forest, stony soils and dense settlement from Boston to Long Island Sound. Waterfalls are small, often on former mill streams over granite ledges.
Middlesex County holds 3 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Cascade, The, a 108-foot cascade waterfall, is about 16.7 miles away. Trap Falls, a 12-foot segmented waterfall, is about 20.9 miles away. Pawtucket Falls, is about 21.3 miles away.
Danforth Falls is located at 42.4067° N, 71.5793° 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.