Blake Falls is a 25-foot waterfall on Kingsbury Branch in Washington County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 5.8 miles southwest of Hardwick and roughly 109.9 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Vermont, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 86th of 158. The tallest single drop is 15 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 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. Kingsbury Branch carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 60 feet.
Washington County holds 41 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Lower Blake Falls, a 12-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. North Fork Woodbury Falls, a 100-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3.3 miles away. Woodbury Falls, a 35-foot cascade waterfall, is about 3.3 miles away.
Blake Falls is located at 44.4272° N, 72.4134° 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.