{"id":21126,"date":"2022-02-20T10:16:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T15:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=21126"},"modified":"2022-02-20T10:19:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T15:19:18","slug":"cascade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2022\/02\/20\/cascade\/","title":{"rendered":"Cascade Waterfall In Middlesex Fells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freezing tempertures have turned the Cascade along Shilly Shally Brook to ice. The 40-foot-tall formation in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose is one of the closest waterfalls to Boston\u2014and an easy 10- to 15-minute walk north from the end of the MBTA\u2019s Orange Line at Oak Grove in Malden. You can also climb to the top of the waterfall via the stone steps on the left side. Follow north along the ridgeline for dramatic views of the Boston skyline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previously:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2018\/01\/21\/cascade-melrose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How To Get To An Incredible Frozen Waterfall Via The Orange Line<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you appreciate, please support Wonderland by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/wonderlandlandfanclub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contributing to Wonderland on Patreon<\/a>. And <a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up for our free, (hopefully) weekly newsletter<\/a> so that you don&#8217;t miss any of our reporting. (All content \u00a9Greg Cook 2022 or the respective creators.)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21119\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0049w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21119\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0049w-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Cascade waterfall along Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0049w-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0049w-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0049w-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0049w-370x555.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0049w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cascade waterfall along Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21117\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21117\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0033w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21117\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0033w-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Cascade waterfall along Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0033w-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0033w-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0033w-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0033w-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0033w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cascade waterfall along Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21121\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0073w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21121\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0073w-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Near Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0073w-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0073w-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0073w-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0073w-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0073w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Near Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21123\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0119w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21123\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0119w-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0119w-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0119w-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0119w-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0119w-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0119w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21118\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0042w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21118\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0042w-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Cascade waterfall along Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0042w-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0042w-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0042w-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0042w-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0042w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cascade waterfall along Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21122\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0080w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21122\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0080w-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Near Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0080w-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0080w-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0080w-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0080w-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0080w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Near Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21120\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0061w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21120\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0061w-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Near Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0061w-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0061w-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0061w-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0061w-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0061w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Near Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21124\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0030w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21124\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0030w-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Cascade waterfall along Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0030w-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0030w-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0030w-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0030w-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/picCasade-Waterfall-Melrose-MiddlesexFells-Ice220219w_0030w.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cascade waterfall along Shilly Shally Brook in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose, Feb. 19, 2022. (\u00a9Greg Cook 2022)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freezing tempertures have turned the Cascade along Shilly Shally Brook to ice. The 40-foot-tall formation in the Middlesex Fells in Melrose is one of the closest waterfalls to Boston\u2014and an easy 10- to 15-minute walk north from the end of the MBTA\u2019s Orange Line at Oak Grove in Malden. You can also climb to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[955,236,243,954,235],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21126"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21132,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21126\/revisions\/21132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}