Upper Vaughan, Hants County
44N46.452 64W14.650
20T E0401553 N4958611
RIVER: Roaring Brook
CLASS: mixed
SIZE: 18', 25'
RATING: average (***)
TRAIL: none
DISTANCE: 1.5km
HIKING TIME: 1 hour
CONDITIONS: moderate
GEOCACHE: none
NS Atlas Page: 57/X5
NS topo map: 021A16 (Windsor)
DRIVING DIRECTIONS: from Windsor, take Exit5, onto HWY14, west towards Windsor. At its intersection with HWY1, approximately 1km along, turn right and continue 1.8km. Turn left onto Chester Road (HWY14) (Watch for signs for Martock Ski Hill) Continue down this road 26.3km, nearly to the county bountry with Lunenburg County. Watch for a dirt road on your left, pull in here and park. There is also an old portion of the highway about 500m back up the road that has plenty of parking.
Trail Description: walk down the side of the highway about 400m to where Roaring Brook crosses under the highway, and make your way downstream. There is no trail to these falls, so its a mixture of strolling thru a mature forest with a tall overstory and rock hopping down this trickling brook.
The top set of falls is a steep slide fall and cascade of about 18 feet in height. The brook spits in two below the top falls, and each branch has a nice waterfall on it where the brook runs over the hill. The stream then joins back together a few hundred meters below the falls and runs, eventually, into Zwickers Lake, then along the Avon to the Minas Basin.
If you approach from the second parking area, walk down the highway about 200m, watch for the old road on your right. Walk down this long unused portion of the Chester Road to the bottom of its curve and angle into the woods. Its about a 600m bushwhack in from here to Roaring Brook, but its mostly downhill and the forest is fairly open so it is quite a pleasant hike. When you reach Roaring Brook, turn upstream and follow the edges of the brook to the falls.
Both sides of the lower falls are quite nice, with one bearing a concentrated plunge after an initiam small plunge while the oteher is more of a busy cascade.
The top falls, unless its heavy water in the spring freshet, slide over the face of the rock, barely making a ripple.
falls are of interest to me, don't see a list of the land owners you are directing me across or their contact info, have you contacted these folks and made your intentions clear to them , that you are asking donations from people who take your directions over their property. do you provide accident insurance for the people who follow your directions into these unmarked forest over god knows whose land , do you have a method to make sure each one has proper equipment in case they get lost for the night, do you make sure each one knows the rules about making a camp fire so they don't burn the forest you are directing them to trust past on , do you have garbage collection set up at these sites ? the sites you suggest for parking --- are they public parking? I have more questions , but frist lets the answers to the first few
ReplyDeleteAre you serious? That's like asking google maps if they personally train each person who uses their app? This is just a simple guide for an adventurous person. Please see it for what it is and show some appreciation
ReplyDeleteReally thankful for all the wonderful trails and waterfalls you supply us with Mr. Crowley, please keep up the good work... look forward to the book! Much love and respect from Cape Breton <3
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