Browns River Falls is a 25-foot waterfall on Browns River in Chittenden County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 0.3 miles north of Jericho and roughly 126.2 miles north of Schenectady 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 10 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 4 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. Browns River carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 26 feet.
Chittenden County holds 21 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Chittenden Mills Falls, a 26-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Mill Brook Falls, a 15-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3.9 miles away. Frazer Falls, a 20-foot slide waterfall, is about 4.8 miles away.
Browns River Falls is located at 44.5083° N, 72.9966° 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.