Warren Falls
Clear pools and sculpted ledges compress a river into a popular swimming gorge
Artwork inspired by Alden Bryan
Clear pools and sculpted ledges compress a river into a popular swimming gorge The Mad River slides, drops, and gathers between bedrock walls just off Route 100, creating beauty and risk in equal measure. Changing water depth, submerged rock, cold current, and crowds mean no jump or pool is reliably safe simply because someone else entered.
View from established access, assess current flow, and choose conservative shoreline use rather than copying cliff-jumping behavior. Serious injuries occur here. Do not dive or jump, never enter during high flow, and avoid roadside parking outside legal spaces. The site is most rewarding when geology and water are observed without turning hazard into spectacle.
- River
- Mad River
- Feature
- Bedrock pools
- Road
- Route 100
Quick guide
- Assess flow first
- Yesterday’s safe-looking pool may be different today.
- Never copy a jumper
- Other visitors are not evidence of depth or safety.
Know before you go
- Assess flow first
- Yesterday’s safe-looking pool may be different today.
- Never copy a jumper
- Other visitors are not evidence of depth or safety.
- Protect Route 100
- Use only legal parking and crossings.
- Watch the rock
- Erosion forms are visible from established access.
Good to know
Serious injuries occur here. Do not dive or jump, never enter during high flow, and avoid roadside parking outside legal spaces.
Notice these
- clear pools
- sculpted ledges
- Mad River