Hungerford Brook Falls is a 130-foot waterfall on Hungerford Brook in Franklin County, Vermont, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region. It lies about 3.3 miles east of Swanton as the crow flies.
At 130 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Vermont’s 158 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 12th; the typical Vermont waterfall is about 30 feet. The tallest single drop is 50 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another.
The Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands are a rolling plain of farmland and mixed forest south of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Creeks cut gorges through layered limestone and shale, dropping over ledges in waterfalls, most famously along the Niagara Escarpment.
Franklin County holds 21 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Highgate Falls, a dam waterfall, is about 1.2 miles away. Stevens Brook Falls, a block waterfall, is about 5.4 miles away. Dead Creek Falls, a 30-foot block waterfall, is about 7.2 miles away.
Hungerford Brook Falls is located at 44.9190° N, 73.0563° 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 exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.