Great Falls
Great Falls is a waterfall formed along the Housatonic River at Falls Village in the town of Canaan amidst Connecticut's Litchfield Hills. Great Falls is the highest volume waterfall in the state, though a great deal of its potential water volume is diverted immediately upstream during most of the year for hydro-electric power generation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Canaan, Connecticut
- Also known as: “Canaan Falls”, “Fishing Falls”, “Great Falls of the Connecticut”, “Housatonic Falls”, and “Turner’s Falls”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lime Rock Park and Regional High School.
Lime Rock Park
Sports venue
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Lime Rock Park is a natural-terrain motorsport road racing venue located in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States, a hamlet in the town of Salisbury, in the state's northwest corner. Lime Rock Park is situated 2½ miles south of Great Falls.
Regional High School
School
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Housatonic Valley Regional High School is a public high school in Falls Village, Connecticut, United States. The high school serves the six towns of the Region 1 School District, comprising the towns of Canaan, Cornwall, Kent, North Canaan, Salisbury and Sharon. Regional High School is situated 2 miles south of Great Falls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Falls Village and Salisbury.
Falls Village
Village
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Falls Village is a village and census-designated place in the town of Canaan in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 538, out of 1,234 in the entire town of Canaan.
Salisbury
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Salisbury is a city in Connecticut. It includes the village of Lakeville, home to Lime Rock Park raceway.
Canaan
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Canaan is in the Litchfield Hills, otherwise known as the Connecticut Berkshires, in northern Litchfield County.
Great Falls
- Category: body of water
- Location: Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.96257° or 41° 57′ 45″ northLongitude
-73.37207° or 73° 22′ 19″ westElevation
643 feet (196 metres)Height
49 feet (15 metres)Open location code
87H8XJ7H+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 1343710079OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
4835291Wikidata ID
Q22058797
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In Other Languages
“Great Falls” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cascades Great (Housatonic)”
- Catalan: “Cascades Great”
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