Bailey Falls

Bailey Falls is a scenic, hidden and undeveloped cascading series of falls along the Robbins Branch near the eastern head of Middlebury Gap. The falls are made up of three main tiers and three smaller slides and cascades. The first two tiers are small cascades of 8 and 6 feet respectively. Next up is a pretty 15-foot plunging fall, which is followed by another slide of about 12 feet. The largest and most prominent tier, a 16-foot horsetail, leads to the final cascade of about 10 feet after which lies a large pool and a small 5 foot cascade downstream from that. The drainage area feeding into the Robbins Branch at this point is rather small and the falls' visual magnitude will vary greatly as the seasons progress in result. During the spring and autumn months the falls are quite nice and may border on impressive stature, however during the low flow periods of the summer the volume of the stream is reduced considerably and the falls can revert to just a trickle.