Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Tannery / Parker Falls - MA (Waterfall)

-Approx 235 Tannery Road, Savoy, Massachusetts
-visited August 2016
-1/2 mile each way
-easy
-no bathroom
-nearby: Pecks Falls, Wahconah Falls
-notes:
     -small dirt parking lot, free
     -CAUTION: Tannery Road is a very cruddy, narrow, dirt road that you drive for about 2.5 miles. Not suggested for low riding cars. Drive very cautiously and slowly! Also no service so GPS will cut out, so have written directions to and from falls
     -Tannery Falls consists of multiple cascades before an 80 foot plunge
     -Parker Falls is multiple plunges with a cascade down a rock face at the end
     -when reach the end of the stair trail, Tannery Falls is on the left side, Parker Falls is on the right.
     -Both are rain dependent and almost dried up without it
     -trail is a lot of exposed roots, rocks and man made stairs. Wooden railings were installed in upper portion of trail to block off river
     -Hill down to base of falls is a little steep
     -trail is well shaded by trees
     -bugs are minimal

for photos : http://samantha-rose-photography.weebly.com/tannery--parker-falls.html

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