Roaring Brook Cascade is a waterfall on Roaring Brook in Bennington County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 20 feet. It lies about 5.2 miles north of North Adams and roughly 35.2 miles east of Albany as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for Vermont, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 94th of 158. 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. Roaring Brook carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Roaring Brook Cascade is the tallest of them.
There are 9 recorded waterfalls in Bennington County. Readsboro Falls, a 15-foot plunge waterfall, is about 5.9 miles away. Cascade, The, a 48-foot tiered waterfall, is about 6.6 miles away across the state line in Massachusetts. Twin Cascade, a 50-foot cascade waterfall, is about 7.9 miles away across the state line in Massachusetts.
Roaring Brook Cascade is located at 42.7743° N, 73.0835° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.