Saturday, July 1, 2017

Hamilton Falls - VT (Waterfall)

-Approx 380 West Windham Road, Jamaica, Vermont
-visited June 2017
-.2 miles each way
-easy/moderate
-no bathroom
-nearby: Lye Brook Falls, Pikes Falls, Buttermilk Falls
-notes:
     -large dirt parking shoulder on the side of the road, free, no sign
     -trail starts on the opposite side of the road from the parking area, no sign but easy enough to spot
     -trail is not marked and can be hard to distinguish, the falls are really close to the road, almost roadside, so carefully navigate the side of the falls once reached.
     -do NOT take Turkey Mountain Road to get here, cruddy dirt road that gets worse as you drive
     -roads to here are half paved half dirt, and some of the paved ones are covered in stones and dirt so they are not the smoothest to drive on
     -large amount of water even in low water
     -beginning of trail has a slight incline and minimal stepping
     -once top of falls is reached, trail becomes steep, slick and full of leaves, roots, etc. Requires a lot of stepping and use caution.
     -lots of bugs (may be due to recent rainstorm or late time of day?)
     -people swim in it, NOT ADVISED, people have died here, someone installed a ladder in the upper portion of the falls
     -short trail, almost roadside
     -trail is mainly shaded, falls is all sun
     -trees starting to overgrow / obstruct view
     -no debris in falls
     -more of a 'slide' than a 'falls', cuts in to the rocks
     -not enough elevation at the base to capture a good full view of the falls

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