Mill Brook Cascades is a waterfall on Mill Brook in Essex County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 80 feet. It lies about 11.1 miles northeast of Lyndonville and roughly 106.6 miles northwest of Portland as the crow flies.
At 80 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Vermont’s 158 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 27th; the typical Vermont waterfall is about 30 feet. The tallest single drop is 10 feet. 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. Mill Brook carries 8 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 84 feet.
There are 3 recorded waterfalls in Essex County. Calendar Brook Falls, a 12-foot slide waterfall, is about 7.2 miles away. Quimby Brook Falls, a 20-foot tiered waterfall, is about 8.7 miles away. Tolman Brook Cascades, a cascade waterfall, is about 9.3 miles away.
Mill Brook Cascades is located at 44.6698° N, 71.8817° 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.