Bolton Potholes, The is a waterfall on Joiner Brook in Chittenden County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 52 feet. It lies about 6.5 miles northwest of Waterbury and roughly 118.8 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 52 feet it is taller than the typical Vermont waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 45th of 158 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 20 feet. The water comes down as 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. Joiner Brook carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Bolton Potholes, The is the tallest of them.
There are 21 recorded waterfalls in Chittenden County. Middle Joiner Brook Falls, an 18-foot punchbowl waterfall, is under a mile away. Honey Hollow Falls, a 64-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away. Duck Brook Cascades, a 172-foot cascade waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away.
Bolton Potholes, The is located at 44.3747° N, 72.8762° 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.