Bash Bish Falls

42°6′47″N 73°29′43″W / 42.11306°N 73.49528°W / 42.11306; -73.49528

Bash Bish Falls
Location:	Mount Washington, Massachusetts, US
Type:	Cascade
Total height:	60 feet (18 m)

Bash Bish Falls, a waterfall in Bash Bish Falls State Park in the Taconic Mountains of southwestern Massachusetts (Berkshire County), is the highest waterfall in the state.^{[citation needed]} The falls are made up of a series of cascades, nearly 200 feet (61 m) in total. The final cascade is split into twin falls by a jutting rock, dropping in a 59-foot (18 m) "V" over boulders to a serene pool below.^[1]

The waters of Bash Bish Falls begin at a spring in Mount Washington and after the falls, Bash Bish Brook has cut a 1,000 -foot deep valley on its way westward to adjacent New York State. The brook cuts between Bash Bish Mountain (elevation 1890) and Cedar Mountain (elevation 1883) creating a dramatic gorge that frames the falls.^[2]

Bash Bish Falls State Park is located next to both Massachusetts' 4,000-acre (16 km²) Mount Washington State Forest and New York's 5,000-acre (20 km²) Taconic State Park.^[3]