Connecticut
Dean's Ravine Falls
36 mi from Hartford · ~1.0 hr drive
49ft tall
≈ 15 m
≈ 15 m
Dean's Ravine Falls is a named waterfall in Connecticut — a smaller 49-foot cascade, about 36 miles from Hartford, CT. Full visit details below.
- State
- Connecticut
- Nearest city
- Hartford, CT · 36 mi · ~1.0 hr drive
- Height
- 49 ft (15 m)
- Coordinates
- 41.9194°, -73.3443°
From Wikipedia: Dean's Ravine Falls is a 50-foot-tall (15 m) waterfall formed along Reed Brook in Canaan, Connecticut. The falls were once a "must-see" spot along the 2,180-mile-long Appalachian Trail, until the trail was rerouted west of the Housatonic River through Sharon, Connecticut in the early 1980s. Today, it can be accessed via The Mohawk Trail from a parking area located at the intersection of Music Mountain Road and Cream Hill Road. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Dean's Ravine Falls, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Dean's Ravine Falls
The exact location is at 41.9194°, -73.3443° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is Hartford, CT — 36 miles away (~1.0 hr drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Dean's Ravine Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.