Duck Brook Cascades is a 172-foot waterfall on Duck Brook in Chittenden County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 8.1 miles southeast of Williston and roughly 120.3 miles northeast of Schenectady as the crow flies.
At 172 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 158 Vermont waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 6th. The tallest single drop is 15 feet. By form it is a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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.
Chittenden County holds 21 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Honey Hollow Falls, a 64-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.7 miles away. Middle Joiner Brook Falls, an 18-foot punchbowl waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away. Bolton Potholes, The, a 52-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away.
Duck Brook Cascades is located at 44.3905° N, 72.9174° 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.