Mill Pond Falls
Connecticut · height not recorded · Last verified 2026-05-15
Flow at Mill Pond Falls is light today (19 cfs) — visit for the geology, not the volume.
Right now
Streamflow
19 cfs
MATTABESSET RIVER AT ROUTE · 9414d ago
Overnight
70°F
Partly Cloudy
Friday
88°F
Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:25 AM · Sunset 8:26 PM · 15h 1m
Snapshot built 7m ago. Sources: USGS · NWS BOX.
Mill Pond Falls is a waterfall in Connecticut. Height has not been officially recorded. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Mill Pond Falls is in Connecticut. The base sits at roughly 75 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 1 minutes from Newington. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 10 meters of the marked location, though the name isn't recorded. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap.
Mill Pond Falls is a waterfall located in Newington, Connecticut. It is promoted by residents as the "smallest natural waterfall in the United States". The falls are located inside Mill Pond Park and is celebrated each fall during the Waterfall Festival.
Is the water flowing right now?
Most waterfall sites don't tell you this. The waterfall itself is almost never gauged, but a USGS streamgage in the same watershed can tell you whether snowmelt has started, peaked, or run dry.
USGS gage 01192704 · 6 mi away
MATTABESSET RIVER AT ROUTE 372 AT EAST BERLIN
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Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Pond Falls (this page) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Intermittent Cascade | 6 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Dividend Falls | 6 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Cascades | 8 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Westfield Falls | 8 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Carr Brook Falls | 10 mi | — | — | — | — |
Questions visitors ask about Mill Pond Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How far is Mill Pond Falls from a major city?
Mill Pond Falls is 1 miles from Newington (about 1 minutes' drive).
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Where it is
41.6943, -72.7307
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Pond_Falls
Wikidata (Q6858379)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6858379
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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