Moss Glen Falls

Moss Glen Falls is situated roadside along Route 100 about 2.7 miles north of the village of Granville. A large parking area is offered on the west side of the road just north of the falls, from which a nice boardwalk leads past Little Moss Glen Falls to a small fenced-in area in front of the main attraction. The flooding from Hurricane Irene in 2012 demolished a deck that had been in front of the falls, but the more modest current construction was the resolution.Moss Glen Falls is a very well known and exceptionally easy to access waterfall formed where Deer Hollow Brook squeezes down through a narrow notch in bedrock and then veils out in a remarkably symmetrical fan shaped fall, dropping a total of 68 feet. As the initial narrow cascading part of the falls is set further back in the bedrock in a constricted gully, it can't be easily seen or appreciated which leads to the true height of the falls not being as apparent - the most visible veiling portion of the falls stands about 40-45 feet tall itself. The upper reaches of the falls are much more readily visible if you view the falls from the edge of Route 100.
Deer Hollow Brook is not a terribly large stream, and like many in Vermont it may be significantly reduced during the dry summer season, making the falls considerably less interesting in appearance. However, an interesting phenomena can be seen as the volume of water changes through the year. During periods of low flow, the majority of the water descending the falls is funneled down the right side of the falls by the contours of the rock. When the volume of the creek increases during the wet season, the water forms a small roostertail near the top of the falls which allows more of the stream to bypass the rock which funnels water to the right, and the left side then becomes the dominant portion of the fall. This all however becomes moot once the volume of the stream reaches a certain point and then the whole cliff becomes covered in a wall of mist.
Thanks to its easy access Moss Glen Falls has been the site of numerous injuries and fatalities, as indicated by a sign near the falls. While a natural temptation may exist to climb above the falls to see what else there may be up there, there are in fact no more waterfalls upstream, and attempting to climb up to the top of the falls for whatever reason will place visitors in considerably more hazardous terrain - the bedrock in the area can be very slick. Please exercise common sense when visiting this location and do not put yourself in unnecessarily dangerous situations.Vermont Governor Redfield Proctor Jr. deeded over 900 acres of land, including Moss Glen Falls, to the state of Vermont in 1927, with the explicit understanding that the land be forever protected and preserved for the people's enjoyment.