Sluice Brook Falls is a waterfall on Sluice Brook in Franklin County, Massachusetts, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 50 feet. It lies about 1.2 miles southwest of Shelburne and roughly 27.9 miles north of North Chicopee as the crow flies.
At 50 feet it is taller than the typical Massachusetts waterfall of about 50 feet, ranking 12th of 24 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 30 feet. The water comes down as 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.
There are 6 recorded waterfalls in Franklin County. Rock Dam Falls, a block waterfall, is about 6.7 miles away. Chapel Falls, a 42-foot tiered waterfall, is about 7.2 miles away. Turners Falls, a dam waterfall, is about 8.2 miles away.
Sluice Brook Falls is located at 42.5787° N, 72.7075° 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.