SUN JOURNAL • August 3, 2020
Step Falls, the popular waterfall and tourist destination on Route 26, will close for a month starting Saturday due to overcrowding and unruly visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was made Friday by the Mahoosuc Land Trust, which owns the property. The area is expected to reopen to the public after Labor Day weekend. The Nature Conservancy transferred title of Step Falls to the Mahoosuc Land Trust in 2013. The trust rebuilt the trail to the falls and parking lot that summer. In the summer of 2014, more than 10,000 people visited Step Falls, according to the land trust.