Danby Water Slide is a 15-foot waterfall on Mill Brook in Rutland County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 0.1 miles west of Danby and roughly 60.1 miles northeast of Schenectady as the crow flies.
At 15 feet it is on the modest side for Vermont, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 119th of 158. By form it is a slide, where the water glides down a smooth, inclined rock surface.
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. Mill Brook carries 8 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 84 feet.
Rutland County holds 16 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Natural Bridge Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 3.4 miles away. Fall Brook Falls, is about 5.2 miles away. Flower Brook Cascade, a dam waterfall, is about 9 miles away.
Danby Water Slide is located at 43.3462° N, 72.9981° 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.