Wyllys Falls is a 65-foot waterfall on Birch Mountain Brook in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, in the Northeastern Coastal Zone region. It lies about 1.8 miles southeast of Manchester and roughly 6.3 miles east of East Hartford as the crow flies.
At 65 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 53 Connecticut waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 5th. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
The Northeastern Coastal Zone is a rolling, glaciated lowland of oak-pine forest, stony soils and dense settlement from Boston to Long Island Sound. Waterfalls are small, often on former mill streams over granite ledges.
Capitol Planning Region holds 14 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Center Spring Falls, a 20-foot tiered waterfall, is about 1.9 miles away. Blackledge Falls, a 26-foot segmented waterfall, is about 4.6 miles away. Flat Brook Falls, a 20-foot cascade waterfall, is about 5.3 miles away.
Wyllys Falls is located at 41.7624° N, 72.4924° 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.