New England Waterfalls: A Guide to More Than 200 Cascades and Waterfalls [Paperback]

Greg Parsons (Author), Kate B. Watson (Author)

Book Description

Series: New England Waterfalls: A Guide to More Than 200 Cascades & Waterfalls | Publication Date: July 2003

This guidebook describes more than 200 waterfalls in New England, along with instructions on how to reach them. This guidebook to waterfalls across New England offers rewarding outings for families and individuals alike. More than 200 waterfalls are described according to location, trail length and difficulty, waterfall type, height, water source, and when to visit. Each description includes driving directions and comprehensive hiking instructions to reach the falls. Also included are the history, legend, and lore surrounding the waterfalls.

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About the Author

Greg Parsons and Kate B. Watson are studying business management at Babson College in Babson Park, Massachusetts. To prepare this book, they spent two years researching, cataloging, and photographing more than 400 waterfalls across the New England region. Parsons lives in Danvers, Massachusetts; Watson lives in Ossipee, New Hampshire.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Countryman Press (July 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881505455
• ISBN-13: 978-0881505450
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #132,281 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #91 in Books > Travel > Reference & Tips > Food & Lodging > Parks & Campgrounds

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't leave this book behind when you hunt waterfalls!, August 4, 2003

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Rob Purser (Wayland, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New England Waterfalls: A Guide to More Than 200 Cascades and Waterfalls (Paperback)

Quite simply, this is the quintessential reference to waterfalls in New England. The guide provides a rating, description, detailed driving directions, and advice on the hike (if applicable) to 200 different waterfalls in Conneticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and the 1 waterfall in Rhode Island.

Having used the book to visit a few waterfalls, I can attest that the directions are fairly accurate, and that I went to waterfalls I simply could not have found any other way. The state maps at the beginning of each section make it easy to plan trips that visit lots of waterfalls, or to "check" to see if you're going to pass one on your road trip.

I look forward to using this reference for years to come. I thought the ratings were fair, the information accurate, and it was all presented in a useful and readable format.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good start to waterfall nirvana, November 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: New England Waterfalls: A Guide to More Than 200 Cascades and Waterfalls (Paperback)

I used this guide extensively on a recent trip to New England. While it has a good deal of information in it, the guide could be greatly improved by changing a few things.

The organization of the book could be improved by using a sequential numbering scheme to identify waterfalls that are close to one another rather than the current scheme of numbering them alphabetically. Because of the current method, it necessitates a lot of flipping between huge ranges of pages to decide which waterfall to visit in even a very small area.

The guide includes photos for a large number of waterfalls, but it doesn't include photos for all of them. I found several highly ranked waterfalls that were missing photos, but some waterfalls which were ranked much lower did include photos. The best solution would be to include photos for all the waterfalls included in the book.

I appreciate the effort given by the authors to include driving directions because I wouldn't have been able to find most of the waterfalls without them. Unfortunately I found that there were times when the directions are confusing & there are also errors in some of the directions. In addition, directions are written less clearly than they could possibly be.

One final suggestion would be to include the best time to view each waterfall and which direction does each waterfall face. Some of them have eastern exposure so they would be best in the early morning. Others have western exposure and would be best in the late afternoon. A choice few are situated perfectly enough to have southern exposure and they are good all day long. For the photographers in the crowd it would be great to find this final bit of info in the guide.

Overall the book makes a good start to what could be the ultimate New England Waterfall guide.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful book, December 1, 2003

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Jonathan Gawne "But then, what do I know..." (The great Northeast) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New England Waterfalls: A Guide to More Than 200 Cascades and Waterfalls (Paperback)

I like waterfalls. I don't know why. I just do. So I liked this book as I found a bunch of them I had no idea exsisted. A great guide to this part of the country.