Thayer Brook Cascades is a 6-foot waterfall on Thayer Brook in Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 1.1 miles west of Kent and roughly 22.6 miles north of Danbury as the crow flies.
At 6 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 53 Connecticut waterfalls with a documented height only 2 are shorter, while the typical Connecticut waterfall stands around 25 feet.
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.
Northwest Hills Planning Region holds 20 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Macedonia Gorge Falls, a 37-foot cascade waterfall, is about 2.7 miles away. Seven Wells, The, is about 4.6 miles away across the state line in New York. Dover Stone Church Falls, is about 4.8 miles away across the state line in New York.
Thayer Brook Cascades is located at 41.7199° N, 73.4980° 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.