Heavy Rains And A Beautiful Lower Purgatory Falls
| Date: | 5-17-2025 |
| Location: | Mt. Vernon, NH |
| Distance: | 1.77 mi |
| Elevation Gain: | 82′ |
| Total Time: | 2 hr 4 min |
| Parking: | 8-10 cars |
Weather was a forecasted to be on the rainy misty side again. So some friends and I decided to take a walk and check out some waterfalls in southern New Hampshire.
We all met up at Lower Purgatory falls and the plan was to walk to the whole trail past Upper Purgatory Falls, but it did not work out that way.
We started down the trail from the parking lot. The lot can hold about 8-9 cars. The trail is pretty easy going with not much elevation. We took some time to explore some of the little side trail excursions.
When we got to the first set of falls it was flowing pretty well. Lots of opportunities for some cascading water timelapse photos.
We kept moving along the Purgatory Brook. Lots of cascading water. About a mile in to the hike the water started to overtake the trail and created some messy muddy areas that could not be avoided. So we decided to cut this trip short and head back the way we came.
On the way back more phots of the water. The brook was really flowing good. Last time I was out here is was summer and everything was a trickle. Very different on this day.
When we got back to the parking lot we decided to explore a some other waterfalls in the area. Are next stop is Tucker Brook Forest to visit the Tucker Brook Falls.
