Upper Joiner Brook Falls is a 37-foot waterfall on Joiner Brook in Chittenden County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 7.5 miles northwest of Waterbury and roughly 120.6 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 37 feet it is taller than the typical Vermont waterfall of about 30 feet, ranking 63rd of 158 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 29 feet. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
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. Joiner Brook carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 52 feet.
Chittenden County holds 21 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Middle Joiner Brook Falls, an 18-foot punchbowl waterfall, is about 2.1 miles away. Bolton Potholes, The, a 52-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.4 miles away. Mill Brook Falls, a 50-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2.6 miles away.
Upper Joiner Brook Falls is located at 44.4090° N, 72.8700° 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.