Rocky Dale is a stretch of rapids on New Haven River in Addison County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 1.5 miles east of Bristol and roughly 101.2 miles northeast of Schenectady as the crow flies.
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. New Haven River carries 2 recorded rapids, and Rocky Dale is the tallest of them.
Addison County holds 3 recorded rapids, and several are close by. New Haven Mills, 4 feet high, is about 3.7 miles away. Birketts Falls, 4 feet high, is about 10.5 miles away. Moretown Falls, is about 16.6 miles away.
Rocky Dale is located at 44.1284° N, 73.0502° 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 rapid yet.