Niagara Falls is a 15-foot cascade on the North Branch of the Black River in the town of Reading, Windsor County, Vermont. It has nothing to do with the famous Niagara Falls on the New York–Ontario border: the name is only a local one for this small set of cascades, which sits on private land behind a house.
The falls
Lidar data describes a gradual cascade of about 15 feet, with a smaller upper fall of 6 to 10 feet roughly 250 feet upstream. Earlier surveys listed 20 feet. A guidebook gives the same 15 feet for a horsetail fall at this point, which it calls Felchville Falls after the nearby village. A Vermont basin plan names Little Niagara and Upper Little Niagara falls on the North Branch in Reading.
Getting there
The falls are on posted private property and closed to the public. They are partly visible from a roadside pull-off on VT 106, 4.0 miles north of the VT 131 junction, on the left just after a small bridge over the North Branch. The view is about 300 feet away and benefits from a telephoto lens. Don't cross onto the property without the owner's permission.
When to go
April through November is the season.
On site
There is no public access to the base or top. Swimming isn't possible or allowed, and the roadside view works for visitors with limited mobility and for dogs kept on the shoulder.
Nearby
Twenty Foot, on the same river, is about 0.8 miles away, Amsden Falls about 3.7 miles and Cascade Falls about 3.8 miles. The town of Windsor is about 8 miles to the east.
Distances are straight-line.