Upper Crossett Brook Falls is a 12-foot waterfall on Crossett Brook in Washington County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 1.8 miles southwest of Waterbury and roughly 113.1 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 12 feet it is on the modest side for Vermont, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 134th of 158. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
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. Crossett Brook carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Upper Crossett Brook Falls is the tallest of them.
Washington County holds 41 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Crossett Brook Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 1 miles away. Thatcher Brook Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 2.3 miles away. Upper Thatcher Brook Falls, a 47-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.9 miles away.
Upper Crossett Brook Falls is located at 44.3201° N, 72.7830° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.