Power Plant Falls is a 6-foot waterfall on Winooski River in Washington County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 10.1 miles south of Hardwick and roughly 104.1 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 6 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 158 Vermont waterfalls with a documented height only 0 are shorter, while the typical Vermont waterfall stands around 30 feet. By form it is a block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
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. Winooski River carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 10 feet.
Washington County holds 41 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Mollys Falls, a 157-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Mollys Falls, is under a mile away. Marshfield Falls, a 140-foot cascade waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away.
Power Plant Falls is located at 44.3609° N, 72.3355° 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.