Jay Branch Gorge is a waterfall on Jay Branch in Orleans County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 13 feet. It lies about 10.3 miles west of Newport and roughly 139.5 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
At 13 feet it is on the modest side for Vermont, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 133rd of 158. The tallest single drop is 7 feet. The water comes down as a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 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.
There are 8 recorded waterfalls in Orleans County. Big Falls, a 40-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.5 miles away. Bakers Falls, a 25-foot segmented waterfall, is about 3.2 miles away. Mill Brook Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 5 miles away.
Jay Branch Gorge is located at 44.9617° N, 72.4122° 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.