Falls Brook Trail

Falls Brook trail, a short loop that is just shy of 2 miles, follows along Falls Brook down into a ravine and then back up to the road.  While it only takes an hour or so to hike there is a nice variety of scenery all along this trail.

I have hiked this trail a few times in spring and summer, and thought it was a beautiful fall day to hike it again.  Once leaving the road you begin descending toward the stream.  There was not much water flowing as it is still quite dry in New England, but there was a trickle.  The trail takes you through mixed hardwood forest and Hemlock groves and keeps the trail shaded the entire time, with only a smattering of sunlight filtering through the trees.  The falls at the far end of the loop are an interesting feature, more so when there is more water flowing.

On the return side of the loop, which follows the stream closely, I tried playing around with different camera shots and video.  It was a nice quick hike for the afternoon.