Roaring Brook Falls, Prospect

Name: Roaring Brook Falls
Address: Prospect, United States

#1 among attractions in Prospect

Nature, Top attraction, Natural attraction, Waterfall

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Roaring Brook Falls is a waterfall in the southwestern hills of Cheshire, Connecticut in the Northeastern United States. Formed as the eponymous Roaring Brook descends a wooded cliffside on West Mountain, the waterfall is an 80-foot horsetail and ranks as one of the tallest in the state. ()

Height: 80 ftCoordinates: 41°28'59"N, 72°56'33"W

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Prospect United States

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Roaring Brook Falls – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Brass Mill Center, Sleeping Giant, Sleeping Giant Golf course, Ireland's Great Hunger Museum.

6.3 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Brass Mill Center, Waterbury
161 min walk • Brass Mill Center is a shopping mall located in Waterbury, Connecticut. The mall and its accompanying complex, the Brass Mill Commons, cost $160 million to build. At 1,180,000 square feet, it is Connecticut's fifth largest mall, containing over 130 shops. It is located off Interstate 84 in Waterbury, Connecticut.
4.5 miSE
State park, Park
Sleeping Giant, Hamden
116 min walk • Sleeping Giant, is a rugged traprock mountain with a high point of 739 feet, located eight miles north of New Haven, Connecticut.
3.8 miSE
41°26'5"N • 72°54'20"W
Sleeping Giant Golf course, Hamden
98 min walk • Golf
5.8 miSE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Ireland's Great Hunger Museum, Hamden
149 min walk • Ireland's Great Hunger Museum was founded in 2012 in Hamden, Connecticut as part of Quinnipiac University to document and educate the public on the Irish Great Famine of 1845–1852, as well as its causes and consequences.
5.5 miSE
Concerts and shows, Rock club, Music venue
Toyota Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford
141 min walk • The Oakdale Theatre is a multi-purpose performance venue, located in Wallingford, Connecticut. Opened in 1954, the venue consists of an auditorium and domed theatre, known as The Dome at Oakdale.
5.2 miSE
Church
Mount Carmel Congregational Church and Parish House, Hamden
134 min walk • The Mount Carmel Congregational Church and Parish House is a historic church complex at 3280 and 3284 Whitney Avenue and 195 Sherman Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut. It consists of an 1840 Greek Revival church with a tetrastyle temple front portico, a 1911 Colonial Revival parish house, and a 1925 sexton's house.
5.1 miSE
Universities and schools
Quinnipiac University, Hamden
130 min walk • Quinnipiac University School of Law is located in North Haven, Connecticut. It is one of Quinnipiac University's graduate schools.
2.3 miNE
Church
First Congregational Church of Cheshire, Cheshire
59 min walk • The First Congregational Church of Cheshire is a historic church at 111 Church Drive in Cheshire, Connecticut. Built in 1827, it was designed by David Hoadley and is a prominent local example of Federal period architecture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
4.2 miNE
41°31'53"N • 72°53'39"W
Barker Character, Cheshire
107 min walk • Specialty museum, Art gallery, Museum
5.4 miW
Church
St. Michael the Archangel's Parish, Naugatuck
139 min walk • St. Michael the Archangel Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1899. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Bridgeport.
1.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Farmington Canal State Park Trail
30 min walk • Farmington Canal State Park Trail is a Connecticut state park forming a portion of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in the towns of Cheshire and Hamden.

Roaring Brook Falls, Prospect

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Roaring Brook Falls – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)