Cascade Brook Falls

Lincoln , Grafton County, NH , USA

No Known Alternate Names

A long steep cascade shortly below Kinsman Falls

What an aptly named brook! While the total elevation of this formation (between the spot where the trail first meets Cascade Brook and Kinsman Falls) is over two hundred feet tall, the pitch is only about 15-20 percent. What this means is that Cascade Brook slides, swirls, and tumbles for over a fairly continuous quarter of a mile. It would be tedious to try and describe the formation, so I'll leave you with some pictures that best convey the cascades. Further upstream, one can find Kinsman Falls, and Rocky Brook Falls. Tragically, when I loaded my camera, the film didn't catch on the reel. I was pretty frustrated to say the least. I'll likely reshoot the falls sometime in the summer of 2005 with my family in tow.

The falls drop and slide down a continuous layer of the Conway Granite.

Lighting will be the biggest issue here. If you catch the falls on an overcast day with decent flow, photo-ops abound. Cascade Brook has a multitude of chutes, slides, falls, pools, and other assorted descriptive terms associated with rushing or falling water. You'll want a tripod, and a polarizer is critical here. Focal lengths in the 28-80mm range should capture most of the falls. The falls face southeast, so afternoons are better than mornings, and as alway, overcast days will be best.

Take Route 3-I 93 into Franconia Notch, looking for the well signed parking area for The Basin. Follow the marked trail up Cascade Brook.

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