Glendale Falls is a waterfall on Glendale Brook in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 126 feet. It lies about 6.1 miles east of Becket and roughly 22 miles northwest of North Chicopee as the crow flies.
At 126 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 24 Massachusetts waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 5th. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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.
There are 4 recorded waterfalls in Hampshire County. Bradley Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 4 miles away. Little River Falls, 10 feet high, is about 5.1 miles away. Dead Branch Falls, is about 7.2 miles away.
Glendale Falls is located at 42.3505° N, 72.9661° 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.