East Calais Cascades is a waterfall on Kingsbury Branch in Washington County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 60 feet. It lies about 10.1 miles south of Hardwick and roughly 106.5 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 60 feet it is taller than the typical Vermont waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 40th of 158 with a recorded height. The water comes down as 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. Kingsbury Branch carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and East Calais Cascades is the tallest of them.
There are 41 recorded waterfalls in Washington County. Pekin Brook Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away. Marshfield Falls, a 140-foot cascade waterfall, is about 4 miles away. Lower Blake Falls, a 12-foot tiered waterfall, is about 4.2 miles away.
East Calais Cascades is located at 44.3659° N, 72.4312° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.