Hancock Brook Falls is a 120-foot waterfall on Hancock Brook in Washington County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 5.8 miles southeast of Stowe and roughly 113.6 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 120 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Vermont’s 158 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 16th; the typical Vermont waterfall is about 30 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 5 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. Hancock Brook carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Hancock Brook Falls is the tallest of them.
Washington County holds 41 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Reeds Falls, a 60-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away. North Branch Falls, a 15-foot block waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away. Upper North Branch Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away.
Hancock Brook Falls is located at 44.4235° N, 72.5824° 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 exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.