Pine Swamp Brook Falls is a 28-foot waterfall on Pine Swamp Brook in Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 11.2 miles northeast of Kent and roughly 25.5 miles northwest of Bristol as the crow flies.
At 28 feet it is taller than the typical Connecticut waterfall of about 25 feet, ranking 20th of 53 with a recorded height. By form it is 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.
Northwest Hills Planning Region holds 20 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Hatch Brook Falls, a 30-foot cascade waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away. Deans Ravine Falls, a 49-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3.9 miles away. Great Falls, a dam waterfall, is about 6.7 miles away.
Pine Swamp Brook Falls is located at 41.8662° N, 73.3701° 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.