Fall, MA

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Otis Reservoir to Farmington River

Class V
0.9 Miles
Avg Gradient 91 fpm

Fall Creek


Fall Creek
Photo of ? by Joanne Grogan taken 10/22/2000



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Mapquest Directions

From the North (Brattleboro, VT)
From the South (Hartford, CT)
From the East (Boston, MA)
From the West (Albany, NY)

These directions will bring you to the center of Otis Mass to get to the take out at the bridge continue south for another 1.5 miles to the intersection of reservoir road on your left. During the Fall release you can take out at a field approximately ¼ mile north of this intersection where the release from Fall river comes into the Farmington. To get to the put in drive up Reservoir road approximately 1mile, take a right at the sign for a campground (don’t remember the name) and drive to the outlet of Otis Resevoir. From here you must carry down below the unrunable falls to the put in
For a more detailed local map look to the “Tiger Mapserver Map” link in the right hand column of this webpage.
Runnable during the fall drawdown of Otis Reservoir, when paddling hordes head for the Farmington. Check out the Bear's Den Section, New Boston Section, and Upper New Boston sections of that river. The Fall River is harder and more intense than Sandy Brook.

Strainer alert

The following was posted on NPMB by Todd M on 10/16/05
The level was large yesterday shifting some wood around.

After slack water in the middle section the first section that ends with a boof over a large hump and eddy out on the right. You MUST make this eddy. There is a river wide log at the back of the eddy. If you are left and don't get the eddy you will wash into this.

There is more wood that doesn't present as much of a problem, but enough that this will be off my list until we can clean it up.

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Last Updated: 2007-01-06 15:10:25

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Gauge Description:

2007 Farmington / Fall River releases (Otis reservoir)

Date

Time

Flow

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Sat. Oct. 13th All day 250 cfs Slalom race
Sun. Oct. 14th All day 250 cfs Slalom race
Sat. Oct. 20th All day 250 cfs Recreational
Sun. Oct. 21st All day 250 cfs Recreational


The water usually starts to be released very late on Friday or early morning on Saturday and continues spilling through the weekend until late afternoon on Sunday.

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