Kent Falls State Park
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Kent Falls State Park (Scatacook)
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 Kent Falls as seen from the lowest cascade. |
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| location | Kent (USA) | |
| surface | 1.24 km² | |
| Geographical location | 41 ° 47 ' N , 73 ° 25' W | |
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| Setup date | 1919 | |
| administration | Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, State of Connecticut | |
Kent Falls State Park is a state park in the area of the New England town of Kent , Connecticut . It is located in the Litchfield Hills , in the southern Berkshire Mountains . The Kent Falls , a series of waterfalls on Falls Brook , a tributary of the Housatonic River . The cascades overcome 76 meters in altitude over a distance of around 400 m. The largest cascade plunges more than 21 m into a basin before the water flows into the lower waterfalls. This is the main attraction of the park. There are also opportunities for hiking, fishing and picnicking . A replica of the covered bridge gives visitors access to the waterfalls. The state park is connected to the Wyantenock State Forest to the east. About a mile to the south there is a privately owned park : Kent Falls State Park, Leased to Sloane-Stanley Mu . (Sloane-Stanley was an ironworks, with a railway line that also runs through the park.)
traffic
State Route No. 7 (Kent Cornwall Road) and Dugan Road cut through the park. The Appalachian Trail runs at Housatonic on the opposite bank, northwest of the park.
history
The Native American name for the falls is Scatacook and there is evidence that the area was used by Native Americans as a campground and fishing ground. In the colonial times, the waterfalls were used to drive mills. The area was protected in 1919 after the White Memorial Foundation donated the property to the State of Connecticut . Development and restoration work was done by the Youth Conservation Corps of America in the 1970s . In 2006 , visitor platforms were set up along the hiking trail and a paved access to one of the pools was built at the base of the waterfalls.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kent Falls State Park on the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection homepage (February 20, 2013)
- ↑ State Parks and Forests: Funding , Connecticut General Assembly (Jan. 23, 2014)
Web links
- Kent Falls State Park Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
- Kent Falls State Park on the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System