Punch Bowl, The is a waterfall on Mad River in Washington County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 8.1 miles southwest of Moretown and roughly 105.7 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a slide, where the water glides down a smooth, inclined rock surface.
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. Mad River carries 5 recorded waterfalls along its course.
Washington County holds 41 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Butternut Hill Cascades, a 6-foot cascade waterfall, is under a mile away. Madbush Falls, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Trout Hollow, a 20-foot cascade waterfall, is about 2.7 miles away.
Punch Bowl, The is located at 44.1490° N, 72.8420° 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.