About this spot
Enders Falls sits in Enders State Forest off Route 219 in West Granby, Connecticut, with a paved lot right on the road and a half-mile loop trail linking five separate drops and swimming holes along the brook. The best-known jump is the fourth cascade, where the brook slips off a lip about 12 feet up into a pool reported near 7 to 12 feet deep; other pools along the loop reportedly allow jumps up to 25 feet. Multiple trip reports, hiking guides, and cliff-jumping videos document an active jumping culture here. The hazard that matters: a submerged tree and large boulders have been reported near landing zones, so swim the pool and check depth before jumping. There is no lifeguard, and jumping is tolerated rather than officially sanctioned by the state forest.