Macedonia Gorge Falls is a waterfall on Macedonia Brook in Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 37 feet. It lies about 2.4 miles north of Kent and roughly 25.2 miles north of Danbury as the crow flies.
At 37 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Connecticut’s 53 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 13th; the typical Connecticut waterfall is about 25 feet. 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 20 recorded waterfalls in Northwest Hills Planning Region. Thayer Brook Cascades, 6 feet high, is about 2.7 miles away. Kent Falls, a 250-foot tiered waterfall, is about 4.2 miles away. Dover Stone Church Falls, is about 5.1 miles away across the state line in New York.
Macedonia Gorge Falls is located at 41.7583° N, 73.4925° 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.