The 10 Best Cliff Jumping Spots in Massachusetts

Massachusetts has 19 documented cliff jumping spots on CliffScout, 15 of them community-verified. These are the standouts — ranked by verification, documentation, and community activity, not hype. Every listing links to a full page with photos, heights, and access notes.

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   Bash Bish Falls Verified

   Mount Washington

   Bash Bish Falls, Massachusetts' tallest single-drop waterfall at roughly 60 feet, sits in Bash Bish Falls State Park in Mount Washington, straddling the MA/NY line. Trails remain open and popular — the Copake Falls, NY trailhead… Full guide →

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   Bash Bish Falls Verified

   Mount Washington

   Massachusetts' tallest single-drop waterfall, straddling the NY border in Mount Washington State Forest. Free parking off the access road leads to a 15-20 minute walk to the falls, mostly downhill (so allow more coming back up).… Full guide →

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   Lower Peck's Falls Verified

   Adams

   Lower Peck's Falls sits along a steep, quarter-mile spur trail off Gould Road in Adams, near Greylock Glen, with informal parking along the road shoulder or the Glen resort lot. The brook drops roughly 50 feet through a narrow… Full guide →

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   Peck's Falls Verified

   Adams

   Peck's Falls sits in Greylock Glen, a short steep hike (about 0.1-0.2 mile) down from parking on Gould Road or the Greylock Glen Resort lot. Two drops make up the site: a 12-foot upper falls with tiered plunges into a shallow… Full guide →

5. 5

   Becket Land Trust Historic Quarry Verified

   Becket · jumps 20–100 ft

   The former Chester-Hudson granite quarry in Becket, Massachusetts (not Chester, as some listings mislabel it), now the Becket Land Trust's Historic Quarry & Forest, open dawn to dusk off Quarry Road. Park at the marked oval… Full guide →

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   Cascade on South Brook Verified

   Cheshire

   Cascade on South Brook is reached via a short, well-defined path of well under a tenth of a mile from a free parking area on Notch Road, in Cheshire's Stafford Hill Wildlife Management Area. The brook drops about 8 feet over a… Full guide →

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   Deerfield River – Stillwater Bridge Verified

   Deerfield · jumps 10–40 ft

   This spot sits at the Stillwater Bridge over the Deerfield River, reached via I-91 to exit 24, then Routes 5/10 and 116 to Stillwater Road, where a small lot leads to a beach area. From the beach, swim the mild current to reach… Full guide →

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   Gloucester Quarries (Lanesville) Verified

   Gloucester

   This pin sits on one of several flooded granite quarries tucked in the woods of Lanesville, a village in Gloucester, Massachusetts — a cluster locals know individually as Barker's Pond, Long Pit, Children's Quarry, Vernon's Pit,… Full guide →

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   Klondike Quarry (Bay View, Gloucester) Verified

   Gloucester

   One of several flooded granite quarries left behind by Cape Ann's early-1900s stone industry, in the Bay View section of Gloucester. Take Route 127 through Lanesville toward Bay View, turn onto Quarry Street, and follow it to its… Full guide →

10. 10

    Glendale Falls Verified

    Huntington

    Glendale Falls is a dramatic 160-foot multi-tier cascade on Glendale Brook, protected as a 60-acre Trustees of Reservations property spanning Middlefield and Huntington in the Massachusetts hilltowns. A short, well-groomed trail… Full guide →

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