![]() ![]() While tornadoes in 1989 tragically wrecked a large part of the preserve, the pines that still stand are beautiful to behold. ![]() The 42-acre plot has been owned by The Nature Conservancy since 1967, when it was donated by a family who had originally bought the land in 1883 to save it from logging. One of the last sites of old-growth forest in New England is in Cornwall, known as Cathedral Pines. To walk amid ancient trees is to see a landscape now mostly gone to centuries of logging, and to understand why some have chained themselves to trees to stop them being cut down. Four of the six falls are among the best single drop falls in the state!” Show More Show Less 2 of38Ĭathedral Pines, Cornwall: Until you’ve seen one with your own eyes, and walked around in one, it’s difficult to convey the grandeur of an old-growth forest. The website can’t say enough about these falls: “Enders Falls is the best collection of falls I have found in the state. With several waterfall features, such as plunges, horsetails, cascades and slides, and a vertical drop of 30 feet, falls aficionados keep coming back. But be careful, they can also be dangerous. ![]() The pools formed in the waterfalls’ gorges are tempting to swimmers on hot summer days. Enders Falls, Granby: Take a ride up Route 219 West in Granby and you’ll find these wondrous series of falls along a quarter-mile stretch of river within Enders State Forest. ![]()
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