State Prison Hollow Falls is a waterfall on Lewis Creek in Addison County, Vermont, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region, with a total height of about 35 feet. It lies about 1.3 miles north of Starksboro and roughly 108 miles northeast of Schenectady as the crow flies.
At 35 feet it is taller than the typical Vermont waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 64th of 158 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 18 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 drops.
The Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands are a rolling plain of farmland and mixed forest south of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Creeks cut gorges through layered limestone and shale, dropping over ledges in waterfalls, most famously along the Niagara Escarpment. Lewis Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and State Prison Hollow Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 27 recorded waterfalls in Addison County. Seven Falls, a 20-foot tiered waterfall, is about 5 miles away. Cobb Brook Falls, a 27-foot tiered waterfall, is about 5.7 miles away. Burnhams Falls, a 47-foot tiered waterfall, is about 6.2 miles away.
State Prison Hollow Falls is located at 44.2442° N, 73.0670° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.